Arbitre Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

State responsibility - Constituent elements - Legal effects Attribution of wrongful conduct to states - State organs - Entities exercising elements of governmental authority - Ultra vires acts of State organs/agencies - Conduct directed/controlled by State - Subsequent adoption/acknowledgment by State Treaty interpretation - General rule (Art 31 VCLT) - Supplementary means (Art 32 VCLT) - Treaties authenticated in +2 languages (Art 33 VCLT)

Direct expropriation - Nationalisation - Clear - Unclear Lawful expropriation - Public purpose - Non-discriminatory measures - Due process - Compensation Indirect Expropriation - Measures - Discriminatory tax - TP Interference - Government's breach of contractual obligations - Interference with investment management - Revocation/Denial of permits/licences Indirect Expropriation - Criterion - State's police powers - Treaty practice - Impact of measure - Partial expr...

Definition History Treaty practice Elevation circumstances o Restrictive interpretation o Effective interpretation o Camps analyses  - Parties’ intent  - Host state’s sovereign capacity  - Internationalisation  - Dispute resolution provisions Host state’s non-contractual obligations o Consensual/Contract-like o Specific promise o Regulatory regime Doctrine of privity o Claimant  - Local subsidiary  - Not local subsidiary o Respondent  - In...

Annulment Annulment vs Appeal Annulment as Discretionary Remedy Development of Annulment Scope of Annulment o Decisions not subject to annulment o Decisions subject to annulment o Annulment of parts of the award o Parties’ waiver of the right of annulment Procedure o Time limits o Formal requirements o Registration of the annulment application o Constitution of the Ad Hoc Committee o Procedural rules applicable to annulment proceedings Stay o Provisional stay o Request for sta...

Standards of protection before WW2 - Standards of protection - Scholarly opinion - Early cases - Efforts on codification - BITs Standards of protection after WW2 - Multinational investment framework - Post-colonial challenges to protection frameworks - Renewed attempts > Global treaty

RFA o Language o Fees o Screening o Notice o Defects Arbitration rules o Articles 41-47 o ICSID Arbitration rules o Different rules o Questions of procedure Tribunal constitution o Appointment o Replacement Challenging arbitrators o Applicable provisions o Initiative & Time of challenge o Grounds o Applicable standards Tribunal’s first session ICSID costs o Administrative charge o Advance payment o Costs o No advance payment Defaulting parties Preliminary objections ...

Conduct - Time limits - Ancillary claims - Written + Oral proceedings - Rules of evidence - Closure of proceedings Applicable law - Law agreed by parties - Absence of parties' agreement - Deciding disputes ex aequo et bono - Wrong substantive law application - Applicable law for questions of procedure and jurisdiction Tribunal's award - Tribunal's obligation to decide dispute - Tribunal's award - Remedies vs Award

Jurisdiction Jurisdiction vs Admissibility ICSID Convention – Jurisdiction Parties’ consent – Investment treaty arbitration - Direct agreement between parties - Host state’s national law - BITs - MITs Parties’ consent – Specificities Parties’ consent – Conditions - Prior notices/Waiting periods – Amicable settlement - Exhaustion of local remedies - ‘Fork in the road’ provision MFN Clause

Jurisdiction ratione personae - Contracting state - Constituent subdivision/agency - Investor’s nationality - Natural person - Juridical person - Investor Jurisdiction ratione materiae - Legal dispute - Dispute directly arising from investment - Investment - Time of dispute (ratione temporis)

- Foreign investment - Parties - Conflicts - Evolution – Law of investment disputes - BITs - ICSID Convention - Investment treaty arbitration vs Commercial arbitration - Investment treaty arbitration vs Interstate arbitration - Challenges – Legitimacy of investment treaty arbitration - Developments in investment treaty arbitration