An Australian gold mining company has filed a US$275 million UNCITRAL claim against Ghana, accusing the state of breaching a licence agreement by failing to prevent a Chinese competitor from committing “underground trespass” at its site.
UPDATED: A Singapore court has upheld a SIAC award favouring Malaysia’s state-owned telecoms company in a US$35 million dispute with a provider of set-top boxes for internet protocol television, finding no evidence the arbitrator failed to keep an open mind.
Schellenberg Wittmer has promoted Benjamin Gottlieb, who specialises in international arbitration and sales and trade disputes, to the partnership in Zurich.
A London event hosted by McNair International reviewed the key decisions of 2022 concerning the English Arbitration Act 1996, investment treaty disputes, and public international law before the English courts. James McGlaughlin …
An arbitral tribunal tasked with resolving a dispute between Pakistan and India over two hydroelectric power plants has had its first meeting in The Hague – but India has refused to participate, …
A German company has lodged ICSID annulment proceedings in a bid to revive its US$1 billion claim against Iraq over the alleged expropriation of its cement production business.
The National Iranian Oil Company has failed to disqualify three arbitrators from a US$32 billion case over their refusal to reschedule a hearing despite the unavailability of the state entity’s senior lead counsel.
Nigeria is fighting to set aside an arbitral award requiring it to pay US$11 billion to an offshore company with arguments that the award and underlying contract were secured through “industrial scale” bribery of Nigerian government officials and lawyers representing the state in the arbitration.
A sole arbitrator is hearing a Lebanese-owned mobile operator’s US$3.5 billion ICC claim against South Sudan, it has emerged – but reports suggesting the claimants have won a billion-dollar award have been disputed.
An ICC award has been set aside after the Paris Court of Appeal concluded that a eulogy written for Emmanuel Gaillard following his sudden and unexpected death gave rise to doubt about the independence and impartiality of the tribunal president.
Make arbitration research more effective and efficient with our extensive library of arbitral awards.
Access nowRegional reviews by distinguished contributors. GAR’s reviews combine the best elements of the retrospective, crystal-ball and handy primer in a single volume.
Our technical library. Each guide fills a gap in the current literature. Titles on advocacy, construction, challenging and enforcing awards, damages, energy, mining, and M&A arbitration, with more to come.
Q&As on how different jurisdictions approach key topics. Easy to use on-the-go. Currently covers challenging and enforcing awards, commercial arbitration, construction arbitration, and litigation.
European exodus from the ECT: politics and unintended consequences • If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: the English Arbitration Act and confidentiality • Investment court under fire at ICCA • Bishop on the psychology of persuasion • Werner Melis, 1935-2022 • Editorial Information
Global Arbitration Review (GAR) is the online home for international arbitration specialists, telling them everything they need to know about all the developments that matter.
Unlock unlimited access to all Global Arbitration Review content
Unlock unlimited access to all Global Arbitration Review content
