Region: Australia
Miner finds funding for ICSID claim against Burkina Faso
An Australia-based mining company says it has secured third-party funding for an ICSID claim against Burkina Faso over the withdrawal of an exploration permit for a gold deposit.
24 October 2024
Australian paper investor brings ICSID claim against Philippines
An Australian printing company has launched an investment treaty claim against the Philippines, having failed in an earlier US$600 million contractual case against the state's lottery provider.
24 September 2024
Australian centre names new secretary-general
The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) has named Diana Bowman as its secretary-general to replace Deborah Tomkinson, who leaves the role to join Peter & Kim in Sydney.
07 August 2024
Tanzania settles with Australian nickel miner
An Australian mining company says that Tanzania has agreed to pay US$90 million to settle their ICSID dispute over the revocation of nickel mining licences.
29 July 2024
Gambia seeks annulment of tiger-prawn award
The Gambia has turned to new counsel as it seeks to annul an ICSID award that ordered the state to pay damages to Swedish and Australian investors over the expropriation of their tiger-prawn farming business.
25 July 2024
Clifford Chance fires Australian arbitration partner after misconduct probe
An international arbitration partner in Perth who was fired by Clifford Chance following an internal investigation of complaints of “serious misconduct” is disputing the findings made against him by the firm’s disciplinary committee.
05 July 2024
Congo settles mega-case with Australian miner
Australia’s Sundance Resources has agreed to settle its US$17.6 billion ICC claim against the Republic of the Congo over the revocation of mining licences.
03 July 2024
ICSID panel splits over Colombian mining royalties
An ICSID tribunal has partly upheld claims by an Australian-owned company in a US$440 million dispute with Colombia over mining royalties, as a dissenting arbitrator complains that an order to indemnify the investor for future damages infringes the state’s sovereignty.
25 June 2024
New leadership at Australian centre
The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration has appointed independent arbitrator Judith Levine as its new president while Deborah Tomkinson is stepping down as secretary general.
25 June 2024
Arnold & Porter partner heads to Sydney Bar
Monty Taylor has left the partnership at Arnold & Porter in London to join Tenth Floor Chambers in Sydney as a barrister.
04 June 2024