The ICC’s Israeli-Palestinian Jerusalem Arbitration Center is reportedly to begin functioning soon. This neutral arbitration center, a creation of Paris’ neutral ICC International Court of Arbitration, is intended to resolve commercial conflicts concerning the 3-4 billion USD of trade between Palestinians and Israelis. Previously, such commercial conflicts had to be resolved either before the courts […]
An ICC Space Arbitration: Eutelsat Communications v. SES
An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) of Paris arbitral tribunal has reached its conclusions on the first phase of the arbitration initiated by Eutelsat Communications against SES in October of 2012. Similar space arbitrations are likely to account for an increasing number of arbitrations over the coming years. Eutelsat’s request for arbitration was triggered by […]
How Should An Engineer’s/Dispute Adjudication Board’s Decision Be Enforced?
A crucial legal issue in relation to international construction contracts over the past decade has concerned the manner in which decisions of the Engineer made under Clause 67 of the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Works of Civil Engineering Construction, fourth edition, 1987, and, since the Engineer was replaced by the Dispute Adjudication Board (“DAB”) in the 1999 edition of the FIDIC Conditions […]
Why Investors Should Attempt To Negotiate Waivers Of Sovereign Immunity With Respect To Specific Assets Or Classes Of Assets
Although NML Ltd won an investment arbitration against Argentina many years ago, it has yet to succeed in enforcing its award against the country. The latest judicial decisions in NML Ltd’s attempts to enforce the award were rendered recently by the French Cour de Cassation, which elaborated on the French conception of sovereign immunity from […]
6 Arbitration Institutions Win 18 of 19 Arbitration Domains in One UDRP
Six Arbitration Panels brought a single UDRP seeking 19 domain names all owned by ICSID Lawyers, LLC and collectively won 18 of the domains. The Complainants are London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) of London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“United Kingdom”); International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) of Paris, France; Singapore International Arbitration Centre […]