Case Details

Vacuum Salt Products Ltd. v. Republic of Ghana (ICSID Case No. ARB/92/1)

Subject of Dispute:

Salt mining operation
Economic Sector:

Oil, Gas & Mining
Instrument(s) Invoked:

Contract
Applicable Rules:

ICSID Convention - Arbitration Rules

(a) Original Proceeding

Claimant(s)/Nationality(ies):

Vacuum Salt Products Ltd. (Ghanaian)
Respondent(s):

Republic of Ghana (Ghanaian)
Date Registered:

June 11, 1992
Date of Constitution of Tribunal:

October 15, 1992

Composition of Tribunal

President:

Robert Y. JENNINGS (British) - Appointed by Co-Arbitrators
Arbitrators:

Charles N. BROWER (U.S.) - Appointed by the Claimant(s)
Kamal HOSSAIN (Bangladeshi) - Appointed by the Respondent(s)

Party Representatives

Claimant(s):

Thacher Proffitt & Wood, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
Respondent(s):

Attorney-General of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Language(s) of Proceeding:

English
Status of Proceeding:

Concluded
Outcome of Proceeding:

Award declining jurisdiction over the dispute rendered on February 16, 1994.

(a) Original Proceeding

Published Decisions

Decision on Request for Recommendation of Provisional Measures of June 14, 1993, 4 ICSID Rep. 323 (1997).

Introductory Note

Award of February 16, 1994, 9 ICSID Rev.—FILJ 72 (1994); 9 Int'l Arb. Rep., No. 4, at Sec. B (Apr. 1994); 20 Y.B. Com. Arb. 11 (1995) (excerpts); 4 ICSID Rep. 329 (1997); French translation of English original in 122 Journal du droit international 162 (1995) (excerpts).

Available on the ICSID Website

Introductory Note (February 16, 1994)

Award of the Tribunal (February 16, 1994) English (Original)

No References Available.