Green Energy and Fast-tracked Arbitration: Students from the University of Bucharest Faced with Modern Legal Challenges

Energie verde şi proceduri arbitrale accelerate: studenţii Universităţii din Bucureşti s-au confruntat cu probleme de drept moderne

Raluca RUSU, LL.M.

Alexandru KOBER

Dr Mihaela GHERGHE

ABSTRACT

This article once again opens the doors of the Willem C. Vis moot competition to the world and presents the main legal issues tackled by the 2024-2025 Problem. The procedural challenges brought by the Respondent this year refer to the mandatory character of mediation as a pre-condition for arbitration when the parties agreed to a multi-tier dispute resolution clause. An additional point of procedure was the admissibility of evidence obtained illegally and of "without prejudice" documents. The merits of the case tested the limits of the CISG when its application was invoked in a contract for the purported sale of a green energy plant. Finally, this article attempts to briefly...