Arbitration Notes

International arbitration in the South Pacific: a view from Australia

AUSTRALIA RATIFIES THE MAURITIUS CONVENTION ON TRANSPARENCY IN INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW ITS BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES

A BALANCE OF OBLIGATIONS: THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND INVESTMENT TREATY PROTECTIONS

European Commission issues procedural proposals for the Investment Court System envisaged under CETA

In October 2019, the European Commission (the "Commission") presented four proposals (the "Proposals") to the Council of the European Union (the …

Australian Joint Standing Committee on Treaties approves new investment treaties between Australia, Hong Kong and Indonesia

China's Lin-gang Free Trade Zone in Shanghai Opens to Foreign Arbitration Institutions from 2020

On 8 November 2019, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice publically announced the "Administrative Measures for Business Offices Established by …

AUSTRALIA REFERS AUSTRALIA-HONG KONG FREE TRADE AGREEMENT TO PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW

MERCOSUR AND THE EUROPEAN UNION AGREE HISTORIC AND AMBITIOUS TRADE AGREEMENT

AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG SIGN NEW TRADE AGREEMENT CONTAINING INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS

Advocate General finds that CETA's "Investment Court System" is compatible with EU law

One of the Advocates General to the Court of Justice of the European Union, Advocate General Bot, has issued an opinion confirming that the mechanism for …

Indian Government launches international research project on the impact of Bilateral Investment Treaties on investment flows from/to the country

India entered into its first bilateral investment treaty (BIT), with the United Kingdom, in 1994, as part of a strategy to attract inbound foreign direct …