ICSID Declines Latvian Investors’ Request To Make Early Decision On Bifurcation

Mealey's (November 19, 2020, 3:55 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal in a decision issued Oct. 12 and published Nov. 2 declined a request by Latvian investors in the Norwegian snow crab industry to decide whether it will bifurcate their claims against the Kingdom of Norway before the filing of the claimants’ memorial but agreed to expedite deadlines for the claimants’ initial pleadings and for Norway’s submission of any jurisdictional objections (Peteris Pildegovics, et al. v. The Kingdom of Norway, No. ARB/20/11, ICSID)....