2008
Alps Finance v. Slovakia Alps Finance and Trade AG v. The Slovak Republic
Slovakia
Switzerland
Acquisition of certain receivables from a private Slovak company, i.e. sums payable to the assignor by a debtor who at the time of the assignment of the receivables had been declared bankrupt.
Claims arising out of alleged actions by the Slovak judiciary, particularly the Regional Court of Bratislava, preventing the claimant to enforce certain credits it had acquired towards a Slovak debtor.
Tertiary: K - Financial and insurance activities
64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
UNCITRAL
None (no administering institution)
Crivellaro, A.
Stuber, H.
Klein, B.
Decided in favour of State
Data not available
Data not available
Indirect expropriation

Fair and equitable treatment/Minimum standard of treatment, including denial of justice claims

Full protection and security, or similar
None - jurisdiction declined
None