Reopening the Pandora's Box The Scope of Inquiry of Investment Tribunals on Admissibility Objections

Seisin refers to the procedure that a party needs to follow in order to duly seize…

According to Hochtief v Argentina Tribunal, it is possible for investment…

… A distinction may also be drawn between questions of admissibility and questions of receivability. A tribunal might decide that a claim of which it is seised and which is within its jurisdiction is inadmissible (for example, on the ground of lis alibi pendens or forum non conveniens); or it might refuse even to receive and become seised of a claim that is within its jurisdiction because of some fundamental defect in the manner in which the claim is put forward.(57)…