Arbitral Awards Of The Cairo Regional Centre For International Commercial Arbitration

This new volume of cases brought before the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration is the fourth in a popular series. It includes some of the most important arbitration cases in Africa and Asia involving major construction companies from Europe and the United States during the past decade.
You'll find full details of seven cases, dealing with disputes pursuant to major construction contracts (an airport, a Red Sea port, a Mediterranean tourist resort, and a power plant), and disputes over the validity of the arbitration clause and the dispute resolution procedure itself.

The sections on these cases include full or only slightly abridged summaries of the actual awards, with detailed commentaries. They offer the best overview of the CRCICA's approach to arbitration, and will help you in the following ways:

1. Provide you with comprehensive materials for the study of arbitral institutions
2. Provide you with comprehensive materials for the study of arbitral institutions
3. Outline different methods of drafting arbitral awards -- helping you make the most appropriate choice
4. Present the different motivations behind arbitral decisions, their advantages and disadvantages
5. Examine different types of contracts and agreements
6. Examine the compatibility of the principles upheld in arbitral decisions with international legal trends
7. Enhance your understanding of dispute settlement systems worldwide
8. Provide you with a wealth of legal discussion on the issues raised in each case
9. Offer insights into the global harmonization of arbitration proceedings
10. Provide you with useful examples of witness examination and cross-examination, and the drafting of claims and counterclaims

This practical title explains the motivations behind arbitral decisions. It clarifies the compatibility of arbitral principles with international legal trends and will help your understanding of dispute settlement systems worldwide.

Topics discussed in this volume include:

1. Significance of an applicable bilateral investment treaty;
2. Delay in performance;
3. Reimbursement of actual costs incurred in performance;
4. Non-payment or late payment by the employer of certified sums;
5. Payment for work performed under changed circumstances;
6. Interest payments;
7. Damages due to default;
8. Dumped material and environmental damage;
9. Suspension or termination of the arbitral proceedings;
10. Relief as a result of lost opportunity or lost profit; and
11. Relief during pre-and post-termination periods.

The work is edited and commented on by the prominent legal scholar, arbitrator, and lawyer Dr. Mohie Eldin I. Alam-Eldin. His in-depth commentary on the cases discusses the emerging new arbitral trends and principles, along with the new approaches to arbitration brought about by the changing patterns of international trade.

This book validates and reinforces the pivotal role played by the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.

Academics, jurists, arbitrators and corporate counsel, legal practitioners, scholars, and others dealing with commercial arbitration, not only in the region but worldwide, will find the insights in this book extremely valuable to their work and study.