Matter
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P. v. Canada (ICSID Case No. UNCT/07/1)
Arbitration between Merrill \u0026 Ring Forestry L.P. and Government of Canada concerned Tribunal selected Washington, D.C. as the place of arbitration; related court records address the award and its treatment.
Procedural record
- 13 December 2007United States
13 December 2007United States
Decision on Place of Arbitration
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal selected Washington, D.C. as the place of arbitration.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
1 month and 8 days later · 39 days
- 21 January 2008United States
21 January 2008United States
Confidentiality Order
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal issued rules governing confidential information, restricted access, disclosure, and use of material in the proceedings.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- 21 January 2008United States
21 January 2008United States
Document Production Order
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal established the conditions and timetable for document-production requests and addressed evidence concerning witnesses and interrogatories.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
10 days later · 10 days
- 31 January 2008United States
31 January 2008United States
Decision on Motion to Add a New Party
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal rejected the motion to add Georgia Basin Holdings L.P. as an additional investor because it presented an entirely new claim and would cause serious procedural prejudice and make consolidation inefficient.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
Georgia Basin Holdings L.P.
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
18 days later · 18 days
- 18 February 2008United States
18 February 2008United States
Amended Confidentiality Order
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal issued a revised Confidentiality Order after considering Canada's request to reconsider the provision concerning return of material at the conclusion of the proceedings.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
4 months and 6 days later · 127 days
- 24 June 2008United States
24 June 2008United States
Order Concerning Requests for Documents and Certain Evidentiary Matters
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal incorporated jointly requested changes concerning grounds for refusing production, confidentiality, and the procedural calendar, and modified the filing schedule.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
24 days later · 24 days
- 18 July 2008United States
18 July 2008United States
Decision on Production of Documents
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal ordered production of some requested documents and upheld refusals to produce others, including refusals based on Cabinet privilege, British Columbia government documents, and confidential commercial information.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
1 month and 16 days later · 47 days
- 3 September 2008United States
3 September 2008United States
Decision on Production of Documents in Respect of Which Cabinet Privilege Has Been Invoked
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal ordered Canada to produce eight of the nine documents for which Cabinet privilege had been invoked and to designate those documents as confidential.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
1 year, 6 months and 28 days later · 574 days
- 31 March 2010United States
31 March 2010United States
Award of the Tribunal
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal dismissed the claim. The parties were to bear the costs of the arbitration in equal shares, each party was to pay its own costs, and total arbitration costs were fixed at US$959,500.00.
Participants
Merrill & Ring Forestry L.P.
Government of Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Francisco Orrego Vicuna
- Arbitrator
- Kenneth W. Dam
- Arbitrator
- J. William Rowley
- Tribunal secretary
- Eloise Obadia