ICSID tribunals consider requests for provisional measures against backdrop of criminal investigations by state | Practical Law

ICSID tribunals consider requests for provisional measures against backdrop of criminal investigations by state | Practical Law

In two unrelated decsions, Caratube International Oil Company LLP and Devincci Salah Hourani v Republic of Kazakhstan, ICSID Case No ARB/13/13 and Churchill Mining PLC and Planet Mining Pty Ltd v Republic of Indonesia, ICSID Case No ARB/12/14 and 12/40, two ICSID tribunals considered whether to grant provisional measures against state respondents which were either a party to criminal proceedings, or threatening criminal proceedings against the claimants.

ICSID tribunals consider requests for provisional measures against backdrop of criminal investigations by state

by Practical Law Arbitration
Published on 14 Jan 2015 • International
In two unrelated decsions, Caratube International Oil Company LLP and Devincci Salah Hourani v Republic of Kazakhstan, ICSID Case No ARB/13/13 and Churchill Mining PLC and Planet Mining Pty Ltd v Republic of Indonesia, ICSID Case No ARB/12/14 and 12/40, two ICSID tribunals considered whether to grant provisional measures against state respondents which were either a party to criminal proceedings, or threatening criminal proceedings against the claimants.