1 April 2015 | NUS-SMU Public Lecture
ISDS: (Mis)understanding State Consent
Introduction
The Centre for International Law was pleased to host the inaugural NUS-SMU Public Lecture Series on International Investment Law and Dispute Resolution, bringing together three world-renowned experts in the field to share their views: Mr. Toby Landau QC, Mr. Sam Wordsworth QC and Mr. Christopher Thomas QC.
A critical tour of the outer limits of a State’s consent to jurisdiction in investor-State arbitration, with mass claims explored as a topical example of how far consent may, or may not, extend.
About the Speakers
Toby Landau QC is a barrister and arbitrator, practising at Essex Court Chambers in London, and also a member of the New York, BVI, DIFC and Northern Ireland Bars. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2008. As Arbitrator, he has sat in numerous major international cases, in many countries worldwide. As Counsel, he has appeared in over 300 international arbitrations and argued many of the leading arbitration cases before the English Courts. He has also argued many high profile arbitration cases before foreign Courts, including PT First Media v Astro in the Singapore Court of Appeal. He is a member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration (2015), and winner of the Who’s Who Legal “Arbitration Lawyer of the Year” Award in 2014 and 2015.
Sam Wordsworth QC is a barrister at Essex Court Chambers, London, specialising in public international law and international arbitration. He has been instructed by many Governments in international law cases and regularly appears before international courts and tribunals including the International Court of Justice. He is a Visiting Professor teaching investment arbitration at Kings College, London, and has been instructed on multiple ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, NAI and ad hoc arbitrations as well as in arbitrations before the Iran/US Claims Tribunal and claims before the UNCC. He is co-author of Halsbury’s Vol. 62, International Relations Law, and is Chairman of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Public International Law Advisory Panel.
