On 17 July 2026, an ad hoc committee (the “Committee”) of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) annulled in its entirety the award dated 25 March 2024 (the “Award”) against the Republic of The Gambia (“The Gambia”). The decision on annulment (the “Decision”) identified a gap in the reasoning supporting consent to […]
Can Arbitrators Cross-Examine Witnesses?
On 7 October 2026, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the “Court”) ordered the removal of an arbitrator from an ongoing construction arbitration in Atkinsréalis Construction (Pacific) Inc v GIP Construction Ontario East Ltd (“Atkinsréalis v GIP”). The Court held that the arbitrator’s prepared, adversarial questioning of the applicant’s two principal witnesses created a reasonable […]
Tullow Ghana v. Ghana: Tax Arbitration and Contractual Protections
In a final award dated 22 September 2026 (the “Award”), the arbitral tribunal in the dispute between Tullow Ghana Limited (“TGL”) and the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana”) rejected TGL’s contractual challenge to a USD 393.1 million tax-and-penalty assessment. The London-seated arbitration proceeded under the 2021 Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) […]
Rules of Ethics for Arbitrators: Which Apply?
An undisclosed relationship, a private communication with one party or a failure to devote sufficient attention to proceedings may raise concerns about an arbitrator’s conduct. Assessing those concerns requires identifying the applicable obligations and the standard against which the conduct should be measured. In international arbitration, those standards are drawn from several sources rather than […]
LCIA Annual Casework Report 2025: Principal Statistics and Trends
The London Court of International Arbitration (the “LCIA”) published its Annual Casework Report 2025 (the “Report”) in October 2026.[1] The Report covers the LCIA’s 2025 casework, including referrals, parties, arbitrator appointments and procedural applications. It also publishes selected institutional turnaround times for the first time.[2] The timing statistics show how quickly the LCIA handled initial […]