International Investment Arbitration proceedings often deliver its Award in two parts: (i) Jurisdiction and (ii) Merit. One of the most debated and controversial elements in
the Jurisdictional Proceedings have been the definition of ‘Investment’. The controversy was particularly fuelled by the Salini Test, which demanded an additional [...]
This opinion focuses on the recent decision of the Spanish Supreme Court of 18 October 2020, regarding the claim of a professional bullfighter to obtain copyright protection
under the Spanish Intellectual Property Law for his performance in a bullfighting event in 2014. [...]
In Sutherland v Her Majesty's Advocate, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed an appeal which argued that the use of communications obtained by a paedophile hunter group
as evidence in criminal prosecution was a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [...]
The public health systems of liberal states systematically fail to meet the goals and obligations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which aims to
facilitate full societal participation and independent life choices by all impaired persons, as well as the unburdening of their private caretakers. [...]
