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ICSID case UNCT/14/2 (Award)

ICSID · Investment (ICSID and treaty) · International (investor-state)

Why it matters

Eli Lilly and Company v Government of Canada Confidential Saturday, an investment-treaty arbitration administered by ICSID, in which a foreign investor brought claims against a state under an investment treaty. For a student, it is a worked example of investor-state dispute settlement: how ICSID tribunals weigh a state's right to regulate against the treaty protections owed to foreign investors.

Summary

Eli Lilly and Company v Government of Canada Confidential Saturday: an ICSID award. The tribunal's full reasoning is set out in the original.

The detail

Parties: Eli Lilly and Company v Government of Canada Confidential Saturday

Case number: Case No. UNCT/14/2

Outcome: Award in case UNCT/14/2. See the original for the disposition and any quantum.

Applicable law: UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; the applicable trade agreement; ICSID-administered.

Issues in play: A foreign investor's treaty protections against a sovereign state's right to regulate.

Read the full decision at ICSID case database

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