DRC mine award upheld despite counsel’s illness
TFM's lead barrister was unable to attend the merits hearing due to contracting covid-19 (Credit: Shutterstock/Jarun Ontakrai)
An English court has upheld a US$19 million ICC award relating to a Chinese mining project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rejecting arguments that the case should have been adjourned when a counsel took ill with covid-19 and that the tribunal erred by awarding the victor its third-party funding costs.
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