Matter
IARS v State and Government of El Salvador (First Civil Chamber, case 1-APL-2022)
IARS’s school-construction arbitration against FOMILENIO II and El Salvador, with court appeals over contract termination, unpaid work and compensation claims.
Procedural record
- 25 July 2022Arbitration
25 July 2022Arbitration
Arbitral award at law dated 25 July 2022
- Decision summary
- The tribunal rejected the contractor's claims concerning expiry of the right to challenge the engineer's decisions, failures to provide adequate plans and specifications, changes and additional work, contract termination, use of the advance payment, and most claimed compensation. It ordered FOMILENIO II to pay USD 159,992.84 for executed and unpaid work, including retention, and USD 1,000 for justified equipment removal costs, with no special order as to costs.
Participants
IARS
- Representative
- José Luis Rodríguez Sánchez (For: IARS)
- Representative
- María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Mejía (For: IARS)
- Representative
- Mónica María Bonilla Ulloa (For: IARS)
FOMILENIO II, Millennium Entity, now the State and Government of El Salvador
Institution
- Arbitrator
- Reynaldo Alfonso Herrera Chavarría
- Arbitrator
- Carlos Alberto Peñate Guzmán
- Arbitrator
- Jorge Pineda Escobar
Other
- Representative
- Eugenia Guadalupe Sosa Salazar (For: State and Government of El Salvador)
- Representative
- Ricardo Ernesto Tablas Olivares (For: State and Government of El Salvador)
- Representative
- Noé Alexander Fernández Perdomo (For: State and Government of El Salvador)
- Representative
- Mónica Marcela Marroquín Merino (For: State and Government of El Salvador)
21 days later · 21 days
- 15 August 2022Arbitration
15 August 2022Arbitration
Clarification, correction and addition to the arbitral award (Resolution No. 8)
- Decision summary
- The arbitral tribunal issued Resolution No. 8 clarifying, correcting and adding to the arbitral award.
Participants
IARS
State and Government of El Salvador
Institution
- Arbitrator
- Reynaldo Alfonso Herrera Chavarría
- Arbitrator
- Carlos Alberto Peñate Guzmán
- Arbitrator
- Jorge Pineda Escobar
1 year, 2 months and 25 days later · 451 days
- 9 November 2023El Salvador
9 November 2023El Salvador
Decision of the First Civil Chamber of the First Section of the Center in case 1-APL-2022 dated 9 November 2023
First Civil Chamber of the First Section of the Center, San Salvador
- Decision summary
- The Chamber partially allowed the appeals, revoked the arbitral award's USD 1,000 award for equipment removal, rejected that claim, confirmed the award in all other respects, ordered no costs for the appeal, and declared the decision final.
Participants
IARS
- Representative
- José Luis Rodríguez Sánchez (For: IARS)
- Representative
- María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Mejía (For: IARS)
- Representative
- Mónica María Bonilla Ulloa (For: IARS)
State and Government of El Salvador
- Representative
- Eugenia Guadalupe Sosa Salazar (For: State and Government of El Salvador)
- Representative
- Ricardo Ernesto Tablas Olivares (For: State and Government of El Salvador)
- Representative
- Noé Alexander Fernández Perdomo (For: State and Government of El Salvador)
- Representative
- Mónica Marcela Marroquín Merino (For: State and Government of El Salvador)
First Civil Chamber of the First Section of the Center, San Salvador