ICSID Joins Zimbabwe's Jurisdictional Challenges To Merits Of BIT Dispute

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A tribunal for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Jan. 11 refused to grant a request for provisional measures filed by a group of companies in relation to jurisdictional challenges asserted by the Republic of Zimbabwe but granted an alternative request to join the challenges to the merits of the case (Bernard Von Pezold and others v. Republic of Zimbabwe, No. ARB/10/15, Border Timbers Limited, et al. v. Republic of Zimbabwe, No. ARB/10/25, ICSID; See June 2012, Page 12).Full story on lexis.com