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The Arbitration Act 1996
Get to know the Arbitration Act 1996 inside out with our guidance on all the key sections that make up the Act. Plus, we'll link them to commentary titles like Butterworths Challenges in Arbitration.
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Associated legal terms
Expropriation
In the context of investment treaty arbitration, expropriation occurs when a state has taken a foreign investor’s property for which compensation is required.
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, an arbitral institution, part of and funded by the World Bank Group, headquartered in Washington, DC, USA. ICSID was established in 1966 by the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID Convention).
Investment
An investment will typically mean any type of property or interest held within the territory of the host state. This will often extend far beyond 'obvious' property, such as real estate or shares in a local company, to (depending upon the circumstances) other interests such as rights under a contract, intellectual property rights and private loans. As with the concept of 'investor,' in the modern commercial world what does and does not qualify as investment can be a complex question. The definition of 'investment' will vary between BITs.
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