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One Court To Rule Them All? The EU's Proposal For A World Investment Court

"The most salient feature of the current international investment law framework is the use of international arbitration to resolve disputes between investors and States. Although arbitration has a longstanding pedigree in resolving international ...

European Commission publishes Draft Establishment of an International Investment Court

"On 16 September the European Commission published detailed draft proposals for the investment chapter in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty between the EU and the US (“TTIP”). The full text is ...

Consumer Conditions Scoreboard: Consumer at home in the Single Market - 2015 edition

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EC Proposes 'Investment Court System' For Trade Talks

&quot;The European Commission has proposed the replacement of the investor-to-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) with an Investment Court System in all ongoing and future European Union (EU) investment negotiations.<p style="color: #444444; ...

S&Ds welcome the new trade dispute resolution mechanism, replacing ISDS

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ECC Ireland?s Seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online Dispute Resolution

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px">&quot;ECC Ireland, in association with the Law Society (Law Society Professional Training, ADR Committee and EU and Internation...

ECC Ireland?s Seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online Dispute Resolution

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px">&quot;ECC Ireland, in association with the Law Society (Law Society Professional Training, ADR Committee and EU and Internation...

Dispute resolution mechanisms for SAs and individuals are key part of proposed EU regulation

<p>&quot;<em style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box">This is Part 5 &mdash; the final pa...

PM+: EU's energy union presents new challenges for consumers

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The Recast Brussels Regulation: What It Means For Commercial Parties

<p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, HelveticaNeue, Calibri, Tahoma, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 13px">&quot;In 10 January 2015 the&nbsp;<a style="color: #243b92; text-decoration: none" href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-con...