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Cairn Energy PLC & Cairn UK Holdings Limited v. The Republic of India

Permanent Court of Arbitration · Interstate and investor-state (PCA) · International · 2016

Why it matters

Cairn Energy PLC (Private entity )Cairn UK Holdings Limited (Private entity ) v. The Republic of India, an arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The matter is known as the Cairn Energy PLC & Cairn UK Holdings Limited v. The Republic of India. For a student, the PCA is the oldest institution for resolving international disputes, and its cases range from boundary and treaty disputes between states to investor-state and commercial arbitrations. This is a worked example of how international arbitration operates above the level of any single national court.

Summary

Cairn Energy PLC (Private entity )Cairn UK Holdings Limited (Private entity ) v. The Republic of India, an arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The matter is known as the Cairn Energy PLC & Cairn UK Holdings Limited v. The Republic of India. For a student, the PCA is the oldest institution for resolving international disputes, and its cases range from boundary and treaty disputes between states to investor-state and commercial arbitrations. This is a worked example of how international arbitration operates above the level of any single national court.

The detail

Parties: Cairn Energy PLC (Private entity )Cairn UK Holdings Limited (Private entity ) v. The Republic of India

Case number: 2016-07

Outcome: Status: Concluded

Applicable law: The applicable treaty, contract or arbitration rules; see the original.

Issues in play: Public international law / investment law

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