Annulment under the ICSID Convention

Organised to suit the needs of the practitioner, it outlines the recent trends in the area, providing the most up to date analysis of the subject. It also addresses key topics involving ICSID annulment such as the procedural issues which frequently arise in this type of proceedings, for example admissability of new evidence and arguments in annulment proceedings, res judicata in resubmitted cases.

The sections on each ground for annulment include an analysis of the applicable standard as well as a detailed description and study of each annulment decision that addressed the respective ground, creating an authoritative and complete resource.

• The first book to thoroughly analyse annulment in investment arbitration
• Assists analysis of the threat and benefit of a potential annulment in arbitrations under ICSID
• Provides an essential resource given the vast ICSID caseload and the relevance of the annulment features of the ICSID system
• Helpful exposition of the 'dos and don'ts' in drafting awards, to assist in avoiding an annulment
• Useful tool for drafting annulment decisions
• The book systematically describes the theory and practice of ICSID annulment proceedings by thoroughly analysing this mechanism in light of the annulment decisions rendered so far as well as the publications on the issue.