Case Details

Atlantic Triton Company Limited v. People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/84/1)

Subject of Dispute:

Contract for the conversion, equipping and operation of fishing vessels
Economic Sector:

Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry
Instrument(s) Invoked:

Contract
Applicable Rules:

ICSID Convention - Arbitration Rules

(a) Original Proceeding

Claimant(s)/Nationality(ies):

Atlantic Triton Company Limited (Norwegian)
Respondent(s):

People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea (Guinean)
Date Registered:

January 19, 1984
Date of Constitution of Tribunal:

August 1, 1984

Composition of Tribunal

President:

Pieter SANDERS (Dutch) - Appointed by the Parties
Arbitrators:

Jean-François PRAT (French) - Appointed by the Claimant(s)
Albert Jan VAN DEN BERG (Dutch) - Appointed by the Respondent(s)

Party Representatives

Claimant(s):

Giroux, Buhagiar et Associés, Paris, France
Respondent(s):

Coudert Brothers, Paris, France
Ministère de l'Elevage et de la Pêche, Conakry, People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea
Language(s) of Proceeding:

French
Status of Proceeding:

Concluded
Outcome of Proceeding:

Award rendered by the Tribunal on April 21, 1986.

(a) Original Proceeding

Published Decisions

Award of April 21, 1986, 115 Journal du droit international 181 (1988) (excerpts); English translation of French original in 3 ICSID Rep. 13 (1995).

National court decisions: Cour d'appel, Rennes, decision of October 26, 1984, 112 Journal du droit international 925 (1985); 1985 Revue de l'arbitrage 439; English translations of French original in 24 ILM 340 (1985); 2 News from ICSID, No. 2, at 7 (1985) (excerpts); 11 Y.B. Com. Arb. 215 (1986); 82 I.L.R. 77 (1990) (excerpts); 3 ICSID Rep. 4 (1995) (excerpts).

Cour de cassation, Paris, decision of November 18, 1986, 2 ICSID Rev. —FILJ 182 (1987); 114 Journal du droit international 125 (1987); 76 Revue critique de droit international privé 760 (1987); 2 Int'l Arb. Rep. 21 (1987); 1987 Swiss Arbitration Association Bulletin (Swiss Arb. A. Bull.) 162 (excerpts); 14 Droit et pratique du commerce international 487 (1988); English translations of French original in 12 Y.B. Com. Arb. 103 (1987) (excerpts);2 Int'l Arb. Rep. 25 (1987); 26 ILM 373 (1987); 82 I.L.R. 83 (1990); 3 ICSID Rep. 10 (1995).

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