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Indian state utility pursues former Gazprom unit
India’s state-owned gas company GAIL has filed a US$1.8 billion LCIA claim against a former Gazprom unit for failing to supply contracted cargoes of LNG.
04 December 2023
Canadian miner launches ICC claim against Panama
Canada’s First Quantum Minerals has filed an ICC claim against Panama after its copper mining concession was declared unconstitutional by the country’s Supreme Court – as two related investment treaty cases loom.
04 December 2023
Oil trader seeks to enforce against Poland
A Cyprus-registered oil trader has asked a US court to enforce a US$47.6 million Energy Charter Treaty claim award against Poland over the state’s refusal to comply with decisions by its own courts.
04 December 2023
Gowling grows in Germany
Mathias Wittinghofer, who founded the German disputes team at Herbert Smith Freehills, has joined the partnership at Gowling WLG in Frankfurt.
04 December 2023
Veolia and Vilnius at odds over SCC award
A Stockholm Chamber of Commerce arbitration between the Lithuanian municipality of Vilnius and French environmental services group Veolia has ended with an award that both sides have hailed as a victory – as a related ICSID case and local proceedings continue.
01 December 2023
Singapore court refuses to stay crypto users’ class action
The Singapore High Court has refused to stay a representative action brought by users of collapsed cryptocurrency company Terraform despite a SIAC arbitration clause in its terms and conditions.
01 December 2023
The UAE's arbitration law five years on
A panel at GAR Live Dubai discussed the successes and shortcomings of the United Arab Emirates’ arbitration law since it was enacted half a decade ago, and the amendments to it adopted earlier this year.
01 December 2023
ACICA launches sustainability taskforce
The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) has launched a taskforce to improve the sustainability of international arbitration, after a recent report published by the centre found that most practitioners would use less sustainable practices if it benefitted their case.
01 December 2023
Poncet disqualified from Iranian mega-case after “burkini” remarks
The ICC Court has disqualified Swiss arbitrator Charles Poncet from hearing Crescent Petroleum’s US$32 billion arbitration against the National Iranian Oil Company after he was accused of displaying anti-Muslim bias during a television broadcast about swimwear.
30 November 2023
Singapore court clears tribunal majority of apparent bias
Singapore’s International Commercial Court has rejected arguments that tribunal majority Doug Jones and Keechang Kim showed apparent bias in an ICC arbitration despite a forceful dissent by arbitrator Philip Habegger accusing them of dishonesty.
30 November 2023