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Nov 29, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Katie Chung |Paul Stothard
Action taken by states to address climate change may bring them
into conflict with foreign investors who have invested in the host
state. Many states have obligations to protect foreign investments
under International Investment Agreements (IIAs). Numerous IIAs, which include bilateral investment treaties
(BITs) or multilateral investment treaties, exist
to promote and protect investments and ensure the flow of capital,
technology and know-how between state parties.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Paul Stothard |Joseph Bentley |Olivia Fox
In a recent decision, the English High Court struck out what it
described as a 'hopeless and abusive' claim that
amounted to a de facto challenge to an award issued in a
London-seated LMAA arbitration and, in doing so, issued useful
guidance on:
How Section 73(2) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the
Act) operates under English law.
The consequence of failing to mount a timely challenge under
the Act, in this case under sections 67 and 66(3).
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
nature.com | Asif Hameed |Paul Stothard |Amin Sonam |Punchappady Devasya Rekha |Rouchelle Charmaine Tellis
AbstractTerrestrial and aquatic environments contaminated with animal urine may contribute to the transmission of Leptospira, a causative agent of leptospirosis in humans and wild/domesticated animals. Although enormous amounts of work have been done decoding the ecophysiology, the factors governing the cell growth and virulence in Leptospires derived from environmental samples still remain elusive.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Paul Stothard |Joseph Bentley |Andrew Judkins |Olivia Fox
In a long-running dispute, taking in no less than three arbitrations spanning 26 years cumulatively (involving allegations of state interference in the arbitral process), the Court has provided useful guidance on the ss.67 and 68 challenges, particularly in the context of investor-state claims, including: the importance of raising jurisdiction and serious irregularity objections in a clear, positive and timely manner during the arbitration (and maintaining the objections throughout) to avoid...
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Paul Stothard |Olivia Fox
In an extraordinary judgment from the English High Court on 23
October 2023, Nigeria successfully challenged a US$11 billion
arbitral award under Section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the
Act) on the basis that the award was obtained by fraud and conduct
contrary to public policy, including bribery of a witness, improper
retention of privileged documents and perjury by a key witness.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Navya Kommu |Paul Stothard |Christian Chukwujindu |Ashish Pathak
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
cdr-news.com | Paul Stothard
Paul Stothard and Alexis Namdar of King & Wood Mallesons, London, take a topical look at how recent p... Paul Stothard and Alexis Namdar of King & Wood Mallesons, London, take a topical look at how recent political rapprochement between Iran, the United States, the European Union and others may affect investors- and how to manage risk appropriately.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
cdr-news.com | Paul Stothard
Paul Stothard, Chiz Nwokonkor, and Giles Harvey of King & Wood Mallesons consider rece... Paul Stothard, Chiz Nwokonkor, and Giles Harvey of King & Wood Mallesons consider recent actions taken by South Africa to reinvent its position in the international system of arbitration. How credible are the alternative solutions it has identified for investors, with South Africa’s potential status as a key regional arbitration hub for Africa at stake?
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
biorxiv.org | Paul Stothard |Christian Chukwujindu |Ashvini Chauhan |Navya Kommu
AbstractShotgun metagenomes is a repository of all the genes present in an environmental sample. With recent advancements in bioinformatic techniques, it is now possible to in-silico retrieve sequences that belong to specific taxa, followed by assembly and annotation and the obtained sequences are called as metagenome-assembled genome (MAG), which facilitates better understanding of metabolic and other traits without having to culture the microorganism.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Paul Stothard
CommentThis article examines how parties to energy disputes manage to fund these expensive and long-running disputes and whether third-party funding is suitable to fill an emerging funding gap for small and mid-cap parties to future energy disputes. Role of arbitration in energy disputesThe energy industry spawns large, complex international disputes, often involving state parties, partly as a result of the energy markets' particular sensitivity to political and economic disruption.
