Season 6 Episode 2 - The Komstroy Saga

Things are very, very slowly returning to normal in London but we start off with an interview with Paris-based Veronica Korom about something that happened in Luxembourg: the CJEU’s Komstroy decision about the intra-EU applicability of the ECT [TIME 10:10]. Joel then goes down the procedural rabbit hole, discussing various post-award measures beyond set-asides and enforcement, such as interpretation and correction of awards [TIME 45:45], before we close out with a HFT on self-citation: how and when should arbitrators, counsel and academics cite themselves [TIME 01:09:05}?

Season 5 Episode 4 - The Tainted Memories

The fourth episode of the season is loaded with two interviews: Toby Landau QC talks about the fallacy of witness evidence in arbitration. Based on his 2010 Kaplan Lecture, he argues that the way we produce and examine witnesses has some inherent flaws [TIME 08:18]. We then interview academic and in-house counsel Cornel Marian about taxation in international (investment) arbitration, a topic on which he has just published a book [TIME 45:16]. The third and more casual segment is about English-centrism, prompted by a recent blog post [TIME 01:21:51].

Season 5 Episode 1 - The Season Opener

Something nice happening in 2020 - the Arbitration Station is back! Seated in London - responsibly spread out - we start off with the recent UK news that international law is not that important after all [TIME 14:20]. We then look back over the summer and discuss some recent developments in treaty-based renewable cases: is Romania the new Spain [TIME 28:42]? We also engage in perhaps the silliest Happy Fun Time in the history of silly Happy Fun Times: we’re casting the ISDS movie [TIME 49:03]! Who plays Schreuer? Who plays GKK? Listen in, we’re back!

Season 3 Episode 8 - The LatAm Holiday Special

With the discipline one can only acquire in Big Law, one half of the host duo invites two guests for a holiday special. In Brian’s London office, he talks to Gloria Alvarez and Manuel Casas. First, Gloria focuses on ECT reform in the light of the Achmea judgment [12:10]. Manuel then takes on some recent ICJ case law with relevance for international (investment) arbitration [39:00]. The three then together re-brand HFT as La Hora Feliz, which is about Latin American developments in international arbitration [1:02:04].