The Kompetenz-Kompetenz doctrine presumes that an international arbitral tribunal has jurisdiction to assess and decide its own jurisdiction. Legal systems adopt different approaches to the Kompetenz-Kompetenz principle. National arbitration legislation varies regarding the versions of the Kompetenz-Kompetenz principle adopted.[1] The principle involves two types of effects. The positive effect of Kompetenz-Kompetenz is that the arbitral […]
International Arbitration
شرط التحكيم في منازعات العقود الإدارية
قبل صدور قانون التحكيم في المواد المدنية والتجارية الصادر بالقانون رقم 27 لسنة 1994، كان يوجد اختلاف على امكانية اللجوء إلى التحكيم لتسوية النزعات الناشئة عن العقود الإدارية التي تكون الدولة – اواحد مؤسستها او هيئاتها- طرفا فيها. وقد أستمر ذلك الخلاف حتى بعد صدور القانون. نلخص فيما بعد موقف القانون المصري من هذه الاشكاليات […]
Advance on Costs in ICSID Arbitration
The filing of a Request for Arbitration in an ICSID arbitration implies an obligation for the parties to pay several costs needed for the arbitral proceedings. In addition to the legal fees for the parties’ legal representation, and additional party costs such as the cost of experts, and the payment of a non-refundable lodging fee […]
Arbitragem em Moçambique
Em resposta às necessidades criadas pelo desenvolvimento do comércio internacional, o governo de Moçambique tomou certas iniciativas. São elas de caráter legislativo a fim de instituir os meios alternativos de solução de conflitos, aprovando assim a Lei de Arbitragem, Conciliação e Mediação (n° 11/99 de 8 de julho de 1999). Em seguida, a Constituição da […]
Prolongation Claims in Construction Arbitration: Heads of Costs That May Be Claimed
“Prolongation claims”, sometimes known as “delay claims”, are a common feature of construction disputes. The expression “prolongation claim” or “delay claim” is generally used to describe a monetary claim which follows from a delay to project completion. These claims should be distinguished from a “disruption claim”, which is generally used to describe a monetary claim […]
Reclamações por atrasos na arbitragem de construção
Reclamações por atrasos são uma das mais frequentes em disputas originadas de projetos de construção. Eles podem surgir a partir de uma mudança do escopo da obra solicitado pelo contratante, problemas para dar acesso ao local da obra ou entregar as informações solicitadas pelo empreiteiro por parte do contratante, mas também pela falha do empreiteiro […]
Arbitration in Quebec
Arbitrations seated in Canada are regulated primarily by provincial rather than federal legislation. Each of Canada’s provinces, except for Quebec, has enacted legislation adopting the UNCITRAL Model Law. In Quebec, the Civil Code and Code of Civil Procedure are consistent with the UNCITRAL Model Law. In addition, each province has legislation to regulate domestic commercial […]
Arbitragem no setor comercialização de energia elétrica no Brasil
O setor de comercialização de energia elétrica do Brasil foi por muito tempo concentrado em um único agente. Mas com a intenção de obter maior eficiência na prestação desses serviços foi implantada a fragmentação dos serviços ou desintegração vertical. Assim, com as alterações introduzidas pela Lei 9.648/1998, a figura do produtor independente e a comercialização […]
International Investment Arbitration and EU Law: A Comparison of Protections Provided to Foreign Investors and Suggested Solutions to Reconcile Both Legal Orders
In the context of mistrust towards international investment arbitration, overlap is taking place between two legal orders that tended to ignore each other in the past, international investment arbitration and EU law, creating friction between the two legal communities. These frictions materialized in the judgment of the CJEU in Slovak Republic v. Achmea (“Achmea“), the […]
