The promulgation of Rule 41(5) in the ICSID Rules of Procedure for Arbitration Proceedings on 10 April 2006 was a bold and innovative step in international arbitration, and remains a unique feature of the ICSID Arbitration Rules even more than 10 years later.
In the sixth edition of The Law Review’s Investment Treaty Arbitration Review, our Chairman & Senior Partner Alvin Yeo, Senior Counsel, and International Arbitration Practice Partner Koh Swee Yen contributed a chapter on “Objection of Manifest Lack of Legal Merit of Claims: ICSID Arbitration Rule 41(5)”, sharing insights on the genesis and early cases of Rule 41(5) and how the rule has been practiced over the past decade.
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