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The Use of Emergency Arbitrators in Investment Treaty Arbitration by Koh Swee Yen is a Business, Management and Accounting article available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Use of Emergency Arbitrators in Investment Treaty Arbitration about?
The record shows that international investment arbitrations move along very slowly. Based on publicly available statistics, of the 19 investment arbitration awards issued under the ICSID Convention in 2012, 2 the fastest came 29 months after the commencement of arbitration, while the average award took 59 months. 3 A key contributor to this state of affairs is the length of time it typically takes to constitute a tribunal; of the 34 ICSID cases registered in 2012 for which a tribunal was constituted, the average time between registration and constitution was 211 days (nearly seven months), with the slowest taking up to 470 days (nearly 39 months). 4 Investment arbitration is, indeed, 'not for the impatient '! 5 This presents a real problem where time is of the essence and there is a risk of irreversible and irreparable damage if the status quo is not swiftly preserved. 6 Insofar as the traditional form of arbitration leaves investors seeking emergency relief prior to the constitution of the tribunal in a 'jurisdictional void' 7 with no choice but to turn to 1 Partner, Wong Partnership LLP, Singapore. Email: sweeyen.
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It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Business, Management and Accounting.
- Author
- Koh Swee Yen
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)