Region: Canada
Air Canada seeks to enforce award against Venezuela
Air Canada has asked a US court to enforce a US$20 million ICSID additional facility award against Venezuela over earnings the state refused to convert from bolivars to US dollars.
02 August 2024
Canada loses CAS appeal over spying scandal
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has refused to overturn a six-point deduction imposed on the Canadian women’s football team at the Paris Olympics after it was found spying on a rival team’s training session.
01 August 2024
Canada: Rulings demonstrate judicial deference to arbitration
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19 July 2024
US knocks out mega-claim over Keystone pipeline
UPDATED WITH AWARD: A split ICSID tribunal has refused to hear a US$15 billion legacy NAFTA claim by Canada’s TC Energy Corporation over a cancelled permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project.
15 July 2024
Canadian court sends jet engine dispute to ICC
A court in Montreal has sent a claim by an Austrian private jet charter business against a Canadian engine manufacturer to ICC arbitration in Toronto, while dismissing a request for interim measures.
08 July 2024
Egypt defeats gas distribution claims
Egypt says it has defeated a pair of treaty claims worth around US$190 million brought by a group of Emirati and Canadian claimants over a terminated natural gas distribution concession.
04 July 2024
Canadian mining company to launch treaty claim against Mexico
A Vancouver-based mining company says it will file a US$200 million claim against Mexico – set to be the first known arbitration brought under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
11 June 2024
Colombia wins another ICSID case over high-altitude mining
A tribunal has rejected a Canadian investor’s US$180 million claim against Colombia over a ban on mining operations in high-altitude wetlands – one of three ICSID cases over the same environmental measures.
10 June 2024
Miner brings claim against Panama
A Canadian company has filed a treaty claim against Panama over a controversial gold mining project, having previously threatened to seek US$2.8 billion over the cancellation of its concession.
17 May 2024
Canadian Supreme Court affirms Greece committed fraud in ICC dispute
Canada’s Supreme Court has affirmed that a Canadian bank was justified in refusing to pay out on a letter of credit because the beneficiary was participating in a fraud by the Greek government to circumvent the orders of an ICC tribunal.
08 April 2024