Inside Arbitration: Issue 21
Marking a decade of Inside Arbitration, this edition brings together the themes shaping today’s international arbitration landscape
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16 October 2017
ITLOS rules in favour of Ghana in long-standing maritime dispute with Côte d'Ivoire
On 23 September 2017, a Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its judgment on the longstanding maritime …
12 September 2017
Belgium asks for the CJEU's opinion on the compatibility of the Investment Court System with European Law
On 6 September 2017 the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders submitted a request from Belgium to the Court of …
25 August 2017
Herbert Smith Freehills launches blog series on NAFTA renegotiations
Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce the launch of a new series of blog posts which will report on the latest developments in the NAFTA …
07 August 2017
NAFTA Renegotiation: ISDS reform objectives
The United States will lobby for changes to the investor-state dispute settlement ("ISDS") provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement …
17 July 2017
Second Circuit Upends Enforcement of ICSID Awards in New York, Eliminates Circuit Split
In a ruling handed down on July 11, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit resolved a circuit split that had sown legal …
23 May 2017
Is the recently signed Morocco-Nigeria BIT a step towards a more balanced form of intra-African investor protection?
On 3 December 2016, Morocco and Nigeria signed a new bilateral investment treaty (the "BIT"), with the overarching aim of strengthening "the bonds of …
23 May 2017
The European Court of Justice renders its opinion on the EU-Singapore free trade agreement: investment chapter is not within EU's exclusive competence
On 16 May, 2017 the European Court of Justice (the Court) rendered its Opinion on the competence of the European Union to conclude the Free Trade …
05 May 2017
Ecuador's legislative branch approves termination of 12 Bilateral Investment Treaties
On 3 May 2017, Ecuador's Legislature approved the termination of 12 bilateral investment treaties ("BITs") entered into with China, Chile, Venezuela, the …
29 March 2017
ICSID issues first award involving China as Respondent, finding in host state's favour
In an award dated 9 March 2017, the Tribunal in an ICSID arbitration between Korean investor Ansung Housing Co., Ltd and China dismissed all claims as …
02 March 2017
Brexit—the future of state-to-state, investor-state and domestic dispute resolution
The Brexit White Paper The much-anticipated Brexit White Paper, ‘The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union’, was …
11 January 2017
EU launches consultation on multilateral reform of the investor-state dispute resolution system
The EU Commission (the Commission) has launched a public consultation on the multilateral reform of the investment dispute settlement system. The …
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