Summary procedures in international arbitration mean procedures by which the arbitral tribunal determines certain points of fact or law at an early stage of the proceedings, potentially dispensing with the need for further arbitration proceedings. Summary proceedings can be a blessing to a respondent facing frivolous claims that obviously lack merit, as a successful dismissal […]
Expedited Arbitration
Expedited arbitration (or fast-track arbitration) has gained traction in recent years, in response to the length and cost of traditional international arbitration. The first expedited arbitration scheme appears to have been introduced in the 1992 Arbitration Rules of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arbitration Rules (“CCIG”).[1] Today, most leading arbitral institutions have adopted specific […]
Armed Conflict and Investment Arbitration
With the saddening developments in Ukraine, the implication of investment arbitration in the context of armed conflict has become one of the hottest topics in the arbitration community. On 10 May 2023, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) hosted a joint conference on armed conflict […]
ICSID Expedited Arbitration
One of the innovative features of the new ICSID Arbitration Rules, in force as of 1 July 2022 (the “2022 ICSID Arbitration Rules”), figures in Chapter XII, which allows parties to opt into ICSID expedited arbitration. The principal purpose of the ICSID expedited procedure is to reduce the length of ICSID arbitration proceedings and, thus, […]
Climate Law in Investment Arbitration – Two Sides of the Same Coin
The role of climate law in investment arbitration is a problematic issue. Even though environmental consciousness and sustainability are increasingly important in today’s world, and investment arbitration tribunals have also recently recognized the importance of adjusting investment law to support the goals of climate law, there seems to exist a clash between the two fields […]