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Raymond Charles Eyre and Montrose Developments (Private) Limited v. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/25)
- 1 June 2017United Kingdom
1 June 2017United Kingdom
Procedural Order No. 1 (1 June 2017)
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- Decision summary
- The Tribunal established the procedural framework and schedule for the arbitration, applied the ICSID Arbitration Rules in force as of 10 April 2006, and identified London as the place of proceeding.
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8 months and 20 days later · 265 days
- 21 February 2018United Kingdom
21 February 2018United Kingdom
Procedural Order No. 2: Decision on Bifurcation (21 February 2018)
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- Decision summary
- The Tribunal granted the Respondent's request to bifurcate preliminary objections on jurisdiction and adopted the procedural timetable for the bifurcated first phase.
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3 months and 9 days later · 98 days
- 30 May 2018United Kingdom
30 May 2018United Kingdom
Procedural Order No. 3: Document Production (30 May 2018)
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- Decision summary
- The Tribunal decided the contested document requests in the attached Redfern Schedule and ordered production of the specified documents by 6 June 2018, subject to the stated privilege-log procedure.
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3 months and 25 days later · 117 days
- 24 September 2018United Kingdom
24 September 2018United Kingdom
Procedural Order No. 4 (24 September 2018)
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- Decision summary
- The Tribunal denied the Claimants' application to exclude three allegedly new jurisdictional objections, granted the Respondent's requests to adduce two legal authorities and one exhibit, and invited a response to an additional document-disclosure request.
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8 days later · 8 days
- 2 October 2018United Kingdom
2 October 2018United Kingdom
Procedural Order No. 5 (2 October 2018)
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- Decision summary
- The Tribunal adopted the hearing-organization arrangements and granted the Respondent's additional disclosure application, directing the Claimants to search for and produce responsive documents and report the search results.
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4 months and 4 days later · 127 days
- 6 February 2019United Kingdom
6 February 2019United Kingdom
Procedural Order No. 6 (6 February 2019)
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- Decision summary
- By majority, the Tribunal granted the Respondent's application and excluded the Claimants' Express Trust Argument and Constructive Trust Argument as new issues raised after the jurisdiction hearing.
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1 year and 28 days later · 393 days
- 5 March 2020United Kingdom
5 March 2020United Kingdom
Award (5 March 2020)
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- Decision summary
- The Tribunal dismissed the claims for lack of jurisdiction ratione materiae and dismissed the remaining preliminary jurisdictional objections and claims. The Claimants were ordered to pay one-third of the Respondent's jurisdiction-phase solicitor, counsel and expert fees and disbursements; each Party was ordered to bear one-half of the arbitration costs.
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14 participantsRaymond Charles Eyre
- Representative
- Christopher Harris (For: Raymond Charles Eyre · Montrose Developments (Private) Limited)
- Representative
- Cameron Miles (For: Raymond Charles Eyre · Montrose Developments (Private) Limited)
Montrose Developments (Private) Limited
- Representative
- Christopher Harris (For: Raymond Charles Eyre · Montrose Developments (Private) Limited)
- Representative
- Cameron Miles (For: Raymond Charles Eyre · Montrose Developments (Private) Limited)
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Representative
- Garreth Wong (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
- Representative
- Rhiannon Price (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
- Representative
- Ricky Diwan (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
- Representative
- John Whittaker (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Lucy Reed
- Arbitrator
- Julian DM Lew
- Arbitrator
- Brigitte Stern
- Tribunal secretary
- Geraldine Fischer
Other
- Witness
- Sanjeewa Wijeratne
8 months and 27 days later · 272 days
- 2 December 2020United Kingdom
2 December 2020United Kingdom
Decision on Annulment (2 December 2020)
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- Decision summary
- The ad hoc Committee dismissed the Application for Annulment in its entirety, ordered the Applicants to bear all fees and expenses incurred by ICSID and the Committee, ordered the Applicants to bear GBP 40,000 of the Respondent's legal costs and their own legal costs, and terminated the stay of enforcement of the Award.
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14 participantsRaymond Charles Eyre
- Representative
- Christopher Harris (For: Raymond Charles Eyre · Montrose Developments (Private) Limited)
- Representative
- Cameron Miles (For: Raymond Charles Eyre · Montrose Developments (Private) Limited)
Montrose Developments (Private) Limited
- Representative
- Christopher Harris (For: Raymond Charles Eyre · Montrose Developments (Private) Limited)
- Representative
- Cameron Miles (For: Raymond Charles Eyre · Montrose Developments (Private) Limited)
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Representative
- Rhiannon Price (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
- Representative
- Ricky Diwan (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
- Representative
- John Whittaker (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
- Representative
- Sophie Morrison (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
- Representative
- Sarah Hill-Smith (For: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Eduardo Zuleta
- Arbitrator
- Nudrat E. Piracha
- Arbitrator
- Giorgio Sacerdoti
- Tribunal secretary
- Martina Polasek