Region: Dominican Republic
Wind park investor seeks to revive Dominican lost profits claim
A Spanish renewable energy company has applied to a Miami court to revive a nearly US$288 million ICC claim against the Dominican Republic for lost profits from a wind park that was never built.
12 May 2021
Dominican power barge dispute looms
A US company has reportedly threatened the Dominican Republic with international arbitration after the state refused to allow it to operate a second power barge on one of its rivers.
05 May 2021
Claim under Caribbean treaty clears hurdle
An UNCITRAL tribunal has said it can hear a Jamaican businessman’s US$600 million investment treaty claim against the Dominican Republic under its trade agreement with the Caribbean Community – as a dissenting arbitrator says it takes “a lot of imagination” to believe the state had clearly consented to arbitrate in the treaty.
17 July 2020
Dual nationals seek to revive claim against Dominican Republic
Two US-Dominican nationals have applied to set aside a DR-CAFTA award that rejected their US$41.5 million claim against the Dominican Republic on the basis of their "dominant and effective" nationality.
05 December 2019
Jamaican billionaire’s claim over Dominican landfill begins
An UNCITRAL tribunal has begun hearing a Jamaican billionaire’s US$300 million treaty claim against the Dominican Republic concerning the seizure of a landfill site.
30 October 2018
DR-CAFTA panel won’t split off nationality objection
The Dominican Republic has failed to persuade an UNCITRAL panel to hold a separate hearing on whether claims by two former missionaries concerning a real estate investment should be dismissed because of the claimants’ “dominant and effective” nationality.
03 May 2017
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