Condition precedents to arbitration are common, especially with respect to provisions indicating that the parties must negotiate for a certain period prior to commencing arbitral proceedings. Emirate Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral Exports concerned a dispute arising out of a contract for the sale and purchase of iron ore entered into by the parties […]
ALAPLI ELEKTRIK B.V. V. REPUBLIC OF TURKEY (ICSID CASE NO: ARB/08/13) – DECISION ON ANNULMENT OF 10 JULY 2014
The ICSID case Alapli Elektrik B.V. v. Republic of Turkey concerned a concession to develop, finance, own and operate a power plant in Turkey. The dispute was governed by the ICSID Convention, the Energy Charter Treaty (the “ECT”) and the Agreement of Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investments between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and […]
Irreparable Damage and Interim Measures: ENCANA CORP. v. GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR (LCIA, Interim Award, Request for Interim Measures of Protection – 2004)
In the well-known case Encana v. Ecuador, the Arbitral Tribunal refused to order interim measures on the basis of there being no irreparable damage. On January 8, 2004, Claimant requested an urgent hearing of an application for interim relief regarding the enforcement of certain measures that the Ecuadorian government had taken against one of its […]
The Enforcement of ICSID Awards
The recognition and enforcement of ICSID awards is governed by Articles 53, 54 and 55 of the ICSID Convention. A party who seeks enforcement of an ICSID award may do so in any ICSID Contracting State, under the same conditions, and may simultaneously do so in more than one State.[1] The choice of enforcement forum […]
Customer (Italy) v. Service provider (Switzerland), Final Award CAM Case No. 1115/16, 10 December 2015
This case relates to the issue of the validity of a contract between two parties involved in an international arbitration under the arbitration rules of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration. In the case, the Claimant filed for a request for arbitration before the Chamber of Arbitration in Milan seeking damages for the termination of the […]