July 22, 2015 - Kluwer Arbitration Blog

DIFC, Dubai, Enforcement, forum non conveniens, New York Convention, UAE, Uncategorized, United Arab Emirates

DIFC Court of First Instance dismisses application for referral to USC of purported constitutional conflict between UAE Civil Procedures Code and Dubai Judicial Authority Law and DIFC Arbitration Law

Gordon Blanke (Blanke Arbitration LLC)/July 22, 2015 /Leave a comment

By Order of 5 January 2014 (see Case ARB 001/2014 – (1) X1 (2) X2 v. (1) Y, Order of the Dubai Court of First Instance), H.E. Justice Ali Al Madhani, one of the UAE-national resident judges of the DIFC Courts, dismissed an application by an award debtor for an order referring a purported conflict…

Arbitrators, EU Permanent Court, Investment, Investment agreements, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Treaty

TTIP: The French Proposal For A Permanent European Court for Investment Arbitration

Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou (Independent Arbitrator)/July 22, 2015 /Leave a comment

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and should not be regarded as representative of, or binding upon ArbitralWomen. On 2 June 2015, the French Minister of Foreign Trade, Matthias Fekl, submitted to the European Commission a proposal regarding the Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism included in the project for…