New ICC Expert Rules Enter Into Force On 1 February 2015 The new ICC expert rules allow parties to use the ICC to (1) propose experts, (2) appoint experts and (3) to administer expert proceedings. Three separate set of rules are included in the new ICC expert rules, rather than one as under the previous version […]
Collective Arbitration Against Russia By Ukrainian Businesses Expropriated In The Crimea
Collective Arbitration Against Russia By Ukrainian Businesses Expropriated In The Crimea Is collective arbitration against Russia for the expropriations of Ukrainian assets occurring in Crimea possible? An article in the New York Times dating from 11 January 2015 notes that the plunder of Ukrainian-owned assets is continuing in the Crimea on a large scale today. Armed forces known as the “people’s militia” are invading […]
Do The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration Conflict with Islamic Sharia?
Do The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration Conflict with Islamic Sharia? Under at least the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence, which is the official fiqh recognized by Saudi Arabia, Article 4(2) of the IBA Rules of Evidence in International Arbitration plainly conflicts with Islamic Sharia as understood by Hanbali jurisprudence. This […]
William Kirtley Discusses Interim Measures To Prohibit The Sale Of Assets During Arbitration With BBC News.
William Kirtley Discusses Interim Measures To Prohibit The Sale Of Assets During Arbitration With BBC News. Interviewed by BBC News (BBC Mundo) in relation to Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.’s planned sale of its American assets, William Kirtley discussed the possibility of prohibiting the the sale of State-owned assets through interim measures issued by arbitral tribunals or through […]
Yukos Owners Win Largest Arbitration Award In History Against Russia For “Devious And Calculated” Expropriation
Yukos Owners Win Largest Arbitration Award In History Against Russia For “Devious And Calculated” Expropriation. Yukos’ owners have won the largest arbitration award in history against Russia for what was determined by an international arbitration tribunal to be a “devious and calculated” expropriation of its assets. Russia has been ordered to pay over USD 50.2 billion to […]