This study examines over 100 investor-State cases, which involved countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as respondent States and were conducted under ICSID, UNCITRAL and other arbitration rules and gives a...more
The first amendments to the ICSID Rules since 2006 will be available for use from July 2022 onward, bringing greater transparency to the process and offering clearer guidance on key issues such as allocation of costs and...more
In General Dynamics v Libya [2021] UKSC 22, the UK Supreme Court confirmed that diplomatic service of court documents on a State’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is mandatory when enforcing an arbitral award against a foreign...more
With effect from 1 July 2021, the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (the VIAC) has new specialised VIAC Rules of Investment Arbitration (Vienna Investment Arbitration Rules) and the VIAC Rules of Investment Mediation. The...more
On 6 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) delivered its judgment in Case C-284/16, Slovakia Republic v Achmea B.V., declaring that the investor-State arbitration provision in the bilateral...more