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Foxton on the fragmentation of commercial disputes
Mr Justice Foxton of the English Commercial Court used a speech at the IBA Arbitration Day in London to suggest ways the arbitration community and the courts can work together to reduce the fragmentation of commercial disputes across courts and arbitral tribunals.
04 April 2025
Uruguay wins appeal in multibillion-dollar mining dispute
The French Court of Cassation has quashed a set-aside decision that had allowed the children of Indian mining tycoon Pramod Agarwal to revive a US$4 billion investment treaty claim against Uruguay.
03 April 2025
Comoros faces first ICSID claim
An Emirati company has lodged the first-ever ICSID claim against the Comoros, which concerns an investment project linked to a “passports for cash” scheme that led to a corruption scandal.
03 April 2025
Peter & Kim hires from Debevoise
Asia-related disputes specialist Cameron Sim has left Debevoise & Plimpton in Hong Kong to join the partnership at Peter & Kim in Sydney.
03 April 2025
CMS promotes and recruits
CMS has promoted construction disputes lawyer Jay Randhawa to the partnership in Riyadh, while also hiring Bajar Scharaw as counsel in Zurich from Herbert Smith Freehills.
03 April 2025
Israeli property developers threaten claim against Cyprus
An Israeli businessman and his imprisoned father have threatened to bring an investment treaty claim against Cyprus over a Nicosia police investigation into their development of property in the Turkish-controlled part of the island.
02 April 2025
Guatemala liable over attacks on hydro project
A split ICSID tribunal has ordered Guatemala to pay US$68.5 million plus interest to a Panamanian entity for failing to protect a hydroelectric power plant project from attacks by protesters.
02 April 2025
Uganda faces dispute over electricity concession
A foreign-owned utility says it may pursue a London arbitration against the Ugandan government after being compelled to hand back control of an electricity distribution concession.
02 April 2025
Dutch practitioner swaps boutiques in Amsterdam
Rufus Abeln, who acted on the largest known case heard by Belgian institution CEPANI, has left Dutch disputes boutique Ysquare to join Lemstra Van de Korst in Amsterdam.
02 April 2025
Australian centre names new deputy secretary-general
The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) has appointed construction arbitration lawyer Samantha Kelsey as its new deputy secretary-general.
01 April 2025