In the first known English court ruling to set aside an investment treaty arbitration award, the court ruled that an investor seeking redress for allegedly wrongful acts by a foreign State, which it ...

The Situation: On July 10, 2018, the D.C. Circuit held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's ("FSIA") expropriation exception to sovereign immunity extended to a sovereign's taking of its own ...

There was much concern last week when President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Act into law, with speculation rife that it could even sink the government of national unity (GNU). However, an ...

Answering questions in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday, Deputy President Paul Mashatile said while the Expropriation Act should ensure redress for those who had their land taken from ...