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Almås and Almås v. Republic of Poland

Permanent Court of Arbitration.  27 June 2016 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2022

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Abstract

Jurisdiction – Foreign investor – Investment – Contractual rights – Whether shareholders had standing to protect the contractual rights of the corporate vehicle for their investment

State responsibility – Attribution – ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Article 4 – State organ – De facto State organ – Municipal law – Whether an agricultural property agency qualified as a de jure State organ under municipal law – Whether an agricultural property agency qualified as a de facto State organ

State responsibility – Attribution – ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Article 5 – Governmental authority – Contract – Bad faith – Evidence – Whether an agricultural property agency terminating a contract constituted an exercise of governmental authority – Whether the agricultural property agency had genuine commercial concerns – Whether the contractual termination was motivated by State policy – Whether the contractual termination was motivated by a hidden political agenda – Whether there were grounds to terminate the contract – Whether the contract was terminated in bad faith

Evidence – Bad faith – Contract – Whether procedural mistakes in the termination of a contract amounted to bad faith

State responsibility – Attribution – ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Article 8 – Contract – Instructions – Whether an agricultural property agency was acting on the instructions of the State in terminating a contract

Contract – Puissance publique – Fair and equitable treatment – Expropriation – Umbrella clause – Whether treaty claims arising from contractual termination required acts performed in the exercise of puissance publique to constitute breach

Costs – UNCITRAL Rules – Agreement – Costs follow the event – Reasonable conduct – Whether a tribunal should order the successful party to pay certain costs of the arbitration because of unreasonable conduct despite prior agreement that costs follow the event – Whether each party should bear its own costs – Whether the unsuccessful party should reimburse the successful party for its advance on costs

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© Cambridge University Press 2022

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