| Case name | Arbitration under the Timor Sea Treaty (Timor-Leste v. Australia) | ||||||||||||
| Case description | On 23 April 2013, the Republic of Timor-Leste instituted arbitral proceedings against the Commonwealth of Australia under Paragraph (b) of Annex B to Article 23 of the Timor Sea Treaty between the Government of East Timor and the Government of Australia of 20 May 2002. The Permanent Court of Arbitration acted as Registry in the arbitration. |
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| Name(s) of claimant(s) |
Timor-Leste ( State ) |
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| Name(s) of respondent(s) |
Australia ( State ) |
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| Case number | 2013-16 | ||||||||||||
| Administering institution | Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) | ||||||||||||
| Case status | Concluded | ||||||||||||
| Type of case | Inter-state arbitration | ||||||||||||
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| Procedural rules | - Other - | ||||||||||||
| Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced |
Bilateral treaty Timor Sea Treaty Country A: Timor-Leste Country B: Australia |
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| Language of proceeding |
English |
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| Seat of arbitration (by country) | |||||||||||||
| Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s) |
Professor Tullio Treves (Chairman) Lord Collins of Mapesbury PC, FBA Professor W. Michael Reisman |
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| Representatives of the claimant(s) | Agent H.E. Mr. Joaquim da Fonseca AMBASSADOR OF TIMOR-LESTE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM
Counsel Sir Franklin Berman KCMG, QC ESSEX COURT CHAMBERS
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC BARRISTER OF THE INNER TEMPLE
Professor Vaughan Lowe QC ESSEX COURT CHAMBERS
Dr. Andrew Legg ESSEX COURT CHAMBERS
Advisers Mr. Rodman R. Bundy Ms. Loretta Malintoppi EVERSHEDS (Singapore) LLP
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| Representatives of the respondent(s) | Agent Mr. John Reid First Assistant Secretary, International Law and Human Rights Division ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT
Counsel Mr. Justin Gleeson SC SOLICITOR-GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG QC 20 ESSEX ST CHAMBERS
Mr. Henry Burmester AO QC Special Counsel Office of General Counsel AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITOR
Professor Chester Brown Professor of International Law and International Arbitration UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
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| Number of arbitrators in case | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Date of commencement of proceeding [dd-mm-yyyy] | 23-04-2013 | ||||||||||||
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| Length of proceedings | 3-4 years | ||||||||||||
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| Attachments |
Procedural Documents
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