Although the Supreme Court has over the last decade generated a robust body of arbitration caselaw, its first decision in the area of investment arbitration under a Bilateral Investment Treaty was only handed down in 2014. BG Group v. Argentina was widely anticipated and has attracted much...

International commercial disputes are getting more complex with the time being, which necessitates the adoption of compulsory consolidation of arbitration by the courts in some countries and regions. In practice, courts usually justify their decisions on three major grounds. However, compulsory...

This article mainly discusses three major issues in relation to the validity of arbitration agreements under Chinese Arbitration Act (CAA). In addition to the introduction part, Part II and Part III of this article concentrate on the formal requirement and the mandate substantive requirements of...

The ongoing reform of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) underlines the pertinence of an old question that has received various and conflicting answers: is investment arbitration a public or a private method of dispute settlement? A key criticism levelled at investment treaty arbitration...