Interim Relief

ICC Case 13856

Date of procedural order: March 2006

Origins of parties: Caribbean, Europe

Place of arbitration: Geneva, Switzerland

ICC Rules of Arbitration: 1998

Summary of issues:

• jurisdiction to order interim relief
• impact of prior applications in state courts for similar relief
• conditions for ordering interim relief
• form of decision

ICC Case 15219

Date of procedural order: September 2008

Origins of parties: Africa, Europe

Place of arbitration: Brussels, Belgium

ICC Rules of Arbitration: 1998

Summary of issues:

• jurisdiction
• relationship with the merits of the dispute

ICC Case 15634

Date of procedural decision: February 2009

Origins of parties: Europe, Middle East

Place of arbitration: Nicosia, Cyprus

ICC Rules of Arbitration: 1998

Summary of issues:

• arbitral tribunal’s power to order interim relief
• conditions for ordering interim relief

attainability of the relief sought