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Arbitration weekly highlights—3 August 2017

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Published on: 03 August 2017

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Table of contents

International arbitration
Arbitration in France—mid-year review
Arbitration in Canada—arbitrator bias
Investment treaty arbitration
ICSID—expropriation
ICSID—privilege
ICSID—disqualification of arbitrators
ICSID—annulment
ICSID—bifurcation
Institutional and ad hoc arbitration

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Arbitration highlights, includes our 2017 mid-year review of key developments in French arbitration, news from several International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) proceedings, and a Supreme Court of British Columbia judgment on arbitrator bias. We also identify substantive updates to our core content. All this, and more, in our weekly highlights.

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