Matter
A11Y LTD. v. Czech Republic (ICSID Case No. UNCT/15/1)
- 23 March 2015France
23 March 2015France
Procedural Order No. 1 dated 23 March 2015
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal established the procedural framework, tribunal constitution, administration, representation, deposits and costs, place of arbitration, applicable law, communications, pleadings, evidence, witnesses, experts, hearing arrangements, and the procedure for the introductory hearing.
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International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
6 months and 12 days later · 196 days
- 5 October 2015France
5 October 2015France
Procedural Order No. 2 dated 5 October 2015
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal granted the Respondent's request to bifurcate the proceeding for three jurisdictional objections and joined the objection concerning whether the Claimant made an investment in the Czech Republic to the merits.
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International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
2 months and 6 days later · 67 days
- 11 December 2015France
11 December 2015France
Procedural Order No. 3 dated 11 December 2015
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal granted the parties' requests to extend the procedural timetable and amended the timetable for the bifurcated jurisdiction proceeding while preserving the September 2016 hearing dates.
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1 month and 21 days later · 52 days
- 1 February 2016France
1 February 2016France
Procedural Order No. 4 dated 1 February 2016
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal granted the Claimant's request to amend its Memorial, admitted the Amended Memorial into the record, and permitted the Respondent to raise additional jurisdictional objections arising from the amended claims in its Reply on Jurisdiction.
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17 days later · 17 days
- 18 February 2016France
18 February 2016France
Procedural Order No. 5 dated 18 February 2016
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal ordered the Claimant to produce the documents identified in the attached Redfern Schedule by 11 March 2016, addressed confidentiality and privilege procedures, and reserved costs.
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6 months and 21 days later · 203 days
- 8 September 2016France
8 September 2016France
Procedural Order No. 6 dated 8 September 2016
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal organized the hearing on jurisdiction, including the hearing schedule, oral submissions, witness and expert examination, document handling, and other hearing arrangements.
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5 months and 1 day later · 154 days
- 9 February 2017France
9 February 2017France
Decision on Jurisdiction dated 9 February 2017
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal upheld the objection based on the scope of the treaty's arbitration clause, denied jurisdiction over claims under Articles 2(2) and 3, retained jurisdiction over claims under Articles 2(3) and 5, rejected objections concerning foreign-investor status, the cooling-off period, and EU law, denied the requested declaration concerning Article 2(3), and deferred costs to the Final Award.
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8 authorities · 5 participantsA11Y LTD.
Czech Republic
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Yves Fortier
- Arbitrator
- Stanimir Alexandrov
- Arbitrator
- Anna Joubin-Bret
12 days later · 12 days
- 21 February 2017France
21 February 2017France
Procedural Order No. 7 dated 21 February 2017
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal established the procedural calendar for the remainder of the proceedings, including document production, merits and jurisdictional submissions, the pre-hearing conference, and the November 2017 merits hearing.
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1 month and 21 days later · 49 days
- 11 April 2017France
11 April 2017France
Procedural Order No. 8 dated 11 April 2017
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal decided the parties' document production requests in the attached Redfern Schedules and ordered each party to produce the indicated documents by 8 May 2017, while addressing confidentiality, privilege, lost documents, adverse inferences, and reserved costs.
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6 months and 22 days later · 205 days
- 2 November 2017France
2 November 2017France
Procedural Order No. 9 dated 2 November 2017
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal organized the hearing on the merits and the remaining jurisdictional objection, including the hearing schedule, submissions, examination of witnesses and experts, and related procedural arrangements.
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1 month and 25 days later · 55 days
- 27 December 2017France
27 December 2017France
Procedural Order No. 10 dated 27 December 2017
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- After the merits and remaining jurisdictional-objection hearing, the Tribunal directed the parties to file simultaneous post-hearing briefs answering the attached Tribunal questions, subject to page limits and specified contents, and allowed applications for short simultaneous replies.
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6 months and 2 days later · 184 days
- 29 June 2018France
29 June 2018France
Award dated 29 June 2018
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal found that it had jurisdiction over the indirect expropriation claims but rejected those claims on the merits, finding no indirect expropriation. It ordered A11Y LTD. to pay the Czech Republic USD 373,932.02 for its share of arbitration costs and expenses and dismissed all other claims and requests for relief.
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5 participantsA11Y LTD.
Czech Republic
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Yves Fortier
- Arbitrator
- Stanimir Alexandrov
- Arbitrator
- Anna Joubin-Bret