Over the past year, several arbitration institutions have released summaries of data regarding the cost and duration of arbitration. Such institutions include the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) (data from 3 November 2015), the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (“SCC”) (data from 24 February 2016) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre […]
Escalation Clauses in the ICC Mediation Rules
On 1 January 2014, the Mediation Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce came into force (ICC Mediation Rules), thereby replacing ICC’s Amicable Dispute Resolution Rules. While arbitration under the ICC Arbitration Rules leads to a binding decision from an independent and neutral tribunal, the ICC Mediation procedure seeks to help the Parties reach a […]
Time Limits to Initiate an Investment Arbitration
The initiation of arbitration proceedings on the basis of investment protection treaties may be subject to time limitations (ratione temporis limitations). The most common types of time limits are the provisions establishing cooling-off periods that may require claimants to wait and attempt to solve the dispute amicably before they can bring a claim. Less common […]
Investment Disputes: The Role of Third Party Funders
The Role of Third Party Funders in Investment Disputes In investment disputes, when the claimant decides to pull the trigger and bring forward, one can wonder what his options are to finance the arbitral proceedings. Claimants most often do not have much capital left and are in a distressed financial situation but their claims have […]
Thibault De Boulle Guest Post On Third-Party Funding In International Arbitration
Thibault de Boulle has kindly offered the IAA Network a guest post on third-party funding, which may be read below. Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any arbitration-related materials that you would like to have published on the IAA Network, since we always welcome additional materials that are pertinent to […]