The investor argued that per se the 1954 Convention would not prevent a state – as opposed to a private claimant or even a state entity – from being ordered to provide security for costs. Judge Kiss disagreed in a fairly detailed and convincing decision.
First, we must note that we are indebted to Mr. John M. Townsend of Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP, whose own translations, established in another context, were very helpful in the preparation of these translations.
First, we must note that we are indebted to Mr. John M. Townsend of Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP, whose own translations, established in another context, were very helpful in the preparation of these translations.
This fairly interesting decision issued on June 14, 2011 involved a dispute between a Turkish company and its Polish contractor with regard to the construction of the boiler in an industrial power plant in Bulgaria. The pertinent contracts provided for ICC arbitration in Zurich and when a dispute arose as to the responsibility for the delays in the performance of the work, the Turkish company filed a request for arbitration.
These two decisions, 4A_244/2019 and 4A_246/2019, concern the final awards in two arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules before the same PCA Arbitral Tribunal (Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler as Chair, with Brigitte Stern and Daniel Price as co-arbitrators), with its seat in Geneva.
These two decisions, 4A_244/2019 and 4A_246/2019, concern the final awards in two arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules before the same PCA Arbitral Tribunal (Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler as Chair, with Brigitte Stern and Daniel Price as co-arbitrators), with its seat in Geneva.
The case involved a Norwegian equestrian whose horse had tested positive for Capsaicin during the 2008 Olympic Games in China. A tribunal of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) found against the equestrian, disqualified him and the horse from the Olympic Games in Beijing and deprived him of all medals and prizes. The equestrian was also fined and banned for four and a half months.
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