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Arbitration weekly highlights—12 August 2021

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Published on: 12 August 2021

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Table of contents

International arbitration
India—enforcement—SIAC emergency arbitration award
Institutional and ad hoc arbitration
ICC—client mindset takes centre stage under Claudia Salomon
Investment treaty arbitration
ICSID—proposal for disqualification of arbitrator dismissed
ICSID—Ecuador deposits instrument of ratification
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
HMCTS publishes updated operational summary
Other arbitration-related news

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Article summary

This week's edition of Arbitration weekly highlights includes: coverage of an emergency arbitration-related judgment of the Supreme Court of India; an interview with the new President of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Claudia Salomon; and, recent developments related to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), including the dismissal of a claimant’s proposal to disqualify an arbitrator. All this, and more, in our weekly highlights.

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