2016 has been another busy year for the world’s arbitral institutions. This is reflected by the institutions’ caseload numbers that have been reported for 2016. Just like last year[1], we have compiled the numbers published by the arbitral institutions and analyze them below. 20122013201420152016ICC[2] (International Chamber of Commerce)759767791801966DIS[3] (German Institution of Arbitration)121121132134166SCC[4] (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce)177203183181199VIAC[5] (Vienna International Arbitration Center)7056564060SCAI[6] (Swiss Chamber’s Arbitration Institution)926810510081LCIA[7] (London Court of International Arbitration)277301296326303ICDR[8] (International Center for Dispute Resolution)9961165105210631050SIAC[9] (Singapore…
In its decision of 28 September 2016,[1] the Austrian Supreme Court (“OGH”) partially set aside an arbitral award…
Tribunal dismisses investor’s claims because of breach of admissibility requirements under the applicable BIT in the ICSID case…
As we discussed in our blogpost last year, in March 2016, England’s Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, delivered a much debated speech in which he argued that arbitration is impeding the development of English common law. Lord Thomas’ proposed solution to this was a suggestion that section 69 of the Arbitration 1996 Act (“s.69”), which currently provides only a very limited scope for the courts to exercise their jurisdiction over arbitral processes, be reformed. In…
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In a legal Opinion handed down on 16 May 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) declared that the free trade agreement signed between the EU and Singapore in June 2015 cannot be ratified without the approval of all 38 of the EU’s national and regional parliaments. Given the broad subject-matter of the agreement, including potentially controversial provisions regarding investor-State dispute settlement, might this decision spell the end of the EU’s fledgling…
Baker McKenzie has released the 10th anniversary edition of its annual International Arbitration Yearbook, an in-depth report reviewing…
The IAAF recently extended its ban on Russian athletes through the World Championships in London this summer, stating…
In a decision of November 2016, the Higher Regional Court of Munich (Oberlandesgericht München; hereinafter the “Court”), clarified some general principles underlying a challenge of an arbitrator for lack of impartiality (Decision of 17 November 2016, 34 SchH 13/16, BeckRS 2016, 20169). The decision is part of a somewhat curious series of decisions by the Court in the same matter. The Facts In 2001, Claimant and Respondents had entered into a partnership under the German…