Region: Bahrain

Egypt has defeated a treaty claim worth US$60 million by a Bahraini investor in a five-star hotel project in Cairo.

15 November 2021

A trio of arbitrators is to embark on a third set of deliberations in the first known investment treaty case against Bahrain, following the unexpected deaths of two members of the original tribunal in a single year and as a massive related money-laundering case plays out in court in the Gulf state.

26 July 2021

The Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution has revealed that in the past 12 months to date, 57 new cases have submitted to it, representing 16% of its total caseload over the past 11 years.

22 July 2021

Four tribunals are in place at the Permanent Court of Arbitration to hear claims by Qatar against its Middle Eastern neighbours over the suspension of postal services as part of their continuing blockade of the country.

15 September 2020

28 January 2020

Bahrain has defeated a €180 million ICC claim brought by a French waste-to-energy company over the termination of a contract to build the state’s first recycling plant.

16 January 2020

04 January 2019

The Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution has launched a public consultation on a draft set of arbitration rules to replace its original set adopted six years ago.

08 November 2016

Featured in Guide to Regional Arbitration (volume 5 - 2017)

03 November 2016

Featured in Guide to Regional Arbitration (volume 6 - 2018)

03 November 2016