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Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions
The Guardian | 1-Dec-2025
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Russia , UK
Bupa: El grupo británico detrás de isapre Cruz Blanca que desafía al Estado chileno
EMOL | 30-Nov-2025
El pasado 21 de noviembre, la británica Bupa -controladora de isapre Cruz Blanca- decidió abrir una disputa legal en contra del Estado de Chile ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (Ciadi), bajo el tratado comercial con Reino Unido.
keywords: Chile , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
ISDS overview: how corporate courts threaten climate action and democracy
Trade Justice Movement | 26-Nov-2025
The resource contains visual summaries to help break down the controversial Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism built into many trade and investment agreements.
keywords: climate , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
UK being sued by billionaire Russian oligarch in ‘secret corporate court’
Global Justice Now | 20-Nov-2025
The UK government is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court, it has been revealed.
keywords: from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia , UK
‘COP30 must declare an end to ISDS’, delegates told
Global Justice Now | 18-Nov-2025
Campaigners launched a new initiative to phase out ‘corporate courts’ which are now a “major impediment to climate action.”
keywords: climate , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Pressure mounts on UK to join coordinated exit from secretive corporate court system, during COP30
Global Justice Now | 7-Nov-2025
Civil society coalition will hold press conference and side event at COP30 to urge governments to go ‘ISDS free’ to protect sovereign climate policy
keywords: climate , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Gulf trade deal could ‘lock in’ more rights for fossil fuel industry, campaigners warn
Global Justice Now | 28-Oct-2025
UK government reported to be demanding corporate courts as a red line in deal with six Gulf countries.
keywords: climate , from the movements , GCC , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
UK mining case highlights impact of ISDS mechanism on climate action
International Bar Association | 22-Oct-2025
In August, a Singapore-based investor filed a case against the UK government after the High Court in London quashed a proposal for a new coal mine on climate grounds.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Singapore , UK
Powerful anti-climate legal instrument could cost the UK billions
E3G | 9-Oct-2025
In August 2025, for the second time in its history, the UK government was sued by a foreign investor under investor-state dispute settlement provisions, through the 1975 UK-Singapore bilateral investment treaty.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Annulment insurance and disposal of Italian assets
Rockhopper | 3-Sep-2025
Rockhopper has drafted new request for arbitration against Italy and expects to submit it in the coming weeks.
keywords: ECT , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Italy , UK