Table of contents

Professor Hans van Houtte: A Short Biographical Sketch
[the editors]
Professor Hans van Houtte: A View from the Workfloor
[the editors]
Fusion of Common Law and Civil Law Traditions in International Arbitration
Julian DM Lew
I The Arbitrator
1 The Regionalisation of International Arbitration: Maintaining International Standards in Appointing Arbitrators
A Comment on Jivraj v Hashwani
C Mark Baker and Lucy Greenwood
2 Sailing the Waters: The Need for Good Navigation, the Right Decision and the Requirement of Confidence
A Comment on Republic of Mauritius v United Kingdom
O.L.O. de Witt Wijnen
3 Impartiality and Independence of the Arbitrator. A View from Brussels
A Comment on Republic of Poland v Eureko BV et al
Francoise Lefevre and Nicolas Resimont
4 On Shifting Players and Roles in the Process of Challenging Arbitrators
A Comment on Sundra Rajoo v Mohamed Abd Majed and Persuatan Penapis Minyak Swait Malaysia (Poram)
Tibor Varady
5 Equality of Information and Impartiality of the Arbitrator
A Comment on Adrian Mutu v Chelsea Football Club Limited - Decision of the Swiss Federal Tribunal of 10 June 2010
Georg von Segesser
6 Qualified Investment Arbitrators?
A Comment on Arbitrators in Investment Arbitrations
Albert Jan van den Berg
II The Arbitral Process
7 Force Majeure in International Contract Law
A Comment on National Oil Corporation v Sun Oil
Klaus Peter Berger and Olivia Johanna Erdelyi
8 Setting Aside an Arbitral Award for Misconduct of the Arbitrator
A Comment on Galway City Council v Samuel Kingston Construction Ltd and Geoffrey F Hawker
Nael G Bunni
9 The European Court of Human Rights and Interim Measures Ordered by an Arbitral Tribunal 87
A Comment on Micallef v Malta
Luc Demeyere
10 Arbitration Pending under the EU Insolvency Regulation
A Comment on Syska v Vivendi
Dirk de Meulemeester
11 A Troubling Decision for the Construction Industry: The Persero Case
A Comment on CRW Joint Operation v PT Perushahaan Gas Negara (Persero)
Paul-A Gelinas
12 An Attempt at an Innovative Arbitral Solution
A Comment on a Dispute over a Consignment of Beans
Lord David Hacking
13 Back to Basics. Or Why the So-called 'Group of Companies Doctrine' Should Be Disregarded Once and for All
A Comment on Dow Chemical v Isover Saint Gobain
Bernard Hanotiau and Barbara Den Tandt
14 Arbitration and Insolvency
A Comment on Elektrim v Vivendi (Switzerland)
Wolfgang Kuhn
15 Is Vivendi Good Law in Switzerland? Distinguishing a Not-so-Distinguished Judgment
A Comment on Elektrim v Vivendi (Switzerland)
Pierre A Karrer
16 Institutional Arbitration Rules: Do They Deserve More Deference from the Judiciary? 149
Comments on Tecnimont and other cases
Alexis Mourre
17 Nailing Corruption: Thoughts for a Gardener
A Comment on World Duty Free Company Ltd v The Republic of Kenya
Sophie Nappert
18 The Politics of Class Action: Jurisdiction, Fairness and Vindication of Rights
A Comment on Stolt-Nielsen SA v AnimalFeeds Intl Corp and AT&T Mobility LLC v Concepcion
William W Park
19 Liability of Arbitral Institutions in International Arbitration
A Comment on Societe Filature Francaise de Mohair v Federation Francaises des Industries Lainieres et Cotonnieres
Charles Price
20 The Arbitrability of Intra-corporate Disputes in a German GmbH
A Comment on OLG Frankfurt am Main, 2010
Hilmar Raeschke-Kessler
21 Theory and Practice: The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and Revision of Awards
A Comment on Islamic Republic of Iran and United States of America Decision No DEC 134-A3/A8/A9/A14/B61-FT
Vera van Houtte-van Poppel
22 The Scrutton Award on Interest (1883)
A Comment on Parthenia M/S v The Executors of the Late Ralph Firbank
VV Veeder
23 Arbitration of Distribution Disputes Revisited
A Comment on Sebastian International Inc v Common Market Cosmetics NV
Patrick Wautelet
24 The Arbitrability of Agency Agreements
A Comment on Air Transat AT Inc v Air Agencies Belgium
Didier Matray and Francoise Vidts
III Arbitration and International Law
25 BITs and EU Law: The Next Round
A Comment on European Commission v Slovak Republic
Christoph Liebscher
26 The CME/Lauder Saga - or Pragae Caemeterium? A Tale of Two Parallel Investment Treaty Arbitrations
A Comment on CME Czech Republic BV v Czech Republic and Lauder v Czech Republic
Kaj Hober
27 The Methanex Arbitration
The Elaboration of a Legal Standard on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
A Comment on Methanex v United States
Herman Verbist
28 Glimpses of International Humanitarian Law in International Claims: Three Early Cases
A Comment on Claim of Heirs of Jules Brun et al
John R Crook and Lucy F Reed
IV Arbitration and European law
29 The Prospects of Eco Swiss v Benetton for International Commercial Arbitration
A Comment on Eco Swiss v Benetton
George A Bermann
30 Arbitration in the Crosshairs of EC Regulation No 44/2001: West Tankers and its Legacy
A Comment on Allianz SpA and Generali Assicurazioni Generali SpA v West Tankers Inc
Johan Erauw and Clive Rommelaere