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ICSID Tribunal issues gag order to stop parties turning arbitration into 'trial by media'

14 June 2016

On 12 May 2016, the ICSID Tribunal in United Utilities (Tallinn) B.V. v Republic of Estonia granted provisional measures restricting the parties from publishing documents filed in the arbitration. The Tribunal, however, allowed the parties to engage in public discussion of the case, provided it was not used to aggravate, disrupt or exacerbate the proceedings.

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