Cable Television of Nevis, Ltd. and Cable Television of Nevis Holdings, Ltd. v. Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis (ICSID Case No. ARB/95/2)

Procedural record

1. 16 December 1996Arbitration

   16 December 1996Arbitration

   Award of the Tribunal dated 16 December 1996

   International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

   Decision summary

   The Tribunal dismissed the Request for Arbitration because the dispute was outside ICSID jurisdiction and the Tribunal's competence. Each party was to bear its own costs, while the Tribunal's fees and expenses and the ICSID facility charges were to be paid in equal shares; no monetary award was made.

   Participants

   Cable Television of Nevis, Ltd.

   Cable Television of Nevis Holdings, Ltd.

   Federation of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis

   Nevis Island Administration

   International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

   Arbitrator

   G. Arthur A. Maynard

   Arbitrator

   Rex McKay, S.C.

   Arbitrator

   Woodbine A. Davis, Q.C.

   Tribunal secretary

   Margrete Stevens

   Authorities cited

   14

   • Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States
     treaty
   • Constitution of Saint Christopher and Nevis
     statute
   • Companies Act Cap 335 of Saint Christopher and Nevis
     statute
   • Nevis Business Corporation Ordinance, 1984
     statute
   • Nevis Public Utilities Commission Ordinance
     statute
   • Holiday Inns v. Morocco
     case law
   • Klockner Industrie-Anlagen GmbH, Klockner Belge S.A. and Klockner Handelmaatschappij B.V. v. United Republic of Cameroon and Societe Camerounaise des Engrais (26 I.L.M. 647)
     case law
   • AMCO Asia Corporation and others v. Republic of Indonesia (23 I.L.M. 351)
     case law
   • Liberian Eastern Timber Corporation v. Government of Liberia (26 I.L.M. 647)
     case law
   • Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica, Inc. v. Government of Jamaica (17 Harv. Int'l L.J. 90 (1976))
     case law
   • Kelner v. Baxter and Others ((1866) L.R. 2 C.P. 174)
     case law
   • Re Northumberland Avenue Hotel Co. ((1886) 33 Ch. D. 16)
     case law
   • Newborne v. Sensolid (Great Britain), Ltd. ((1954) 1 Q.B. 45)
     case law
   • ICSID's Emerging Jurisprudence: The Scope of ICSID's Jurisdiction
     academic