Procedural Issue Substantive Issue
| Year the case was initiated | 1999 |
| Year the award was rendered | 2004 |
| Country involved | Congo, Democratic Republic of |
| Home country of the investor | United States |
| Parties to the dispute | Patrick Mitchell v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/99/7) |
| Sector | 3 |
| Type of investment | law firm |
| Nature of dispute / claim | claims arising out of the intervention ordered by the Military Court of the DRC and executed in 1999 when the premises housing Mr. Mitchell’s firm were put under seals, documents qualified as compromising and other items were seized and the employees of the firm were forced to leave the premises |
| Legal instrument | Congo (Democratic Republic of)-United States BIT |
| Rules / Venues | ICSID |
| Amount sought by investor | Tribunal has jurisdiction and awards US$ 750,000 (award not public);
Award was annuled by the Ad hoc Committee; Equal sharing of the cost of annulment proceeding |
| Amount awarded / status of dispute | claim was successful (award not published);
Final Award was annuled by the Ad hoc Committee; Equal sharing of the cost of annulment proceeding |
| Arbitrators | Annulment Ad hoc Committee: Antonias Dimolitsa (Chair); Robert S. M. Dossou; Andrea Giardina |
| Decisions rendered | Final Award issued on 9 February 2004;
Annulment Decision issued on 1 November 2006 |
| Status | awarded in favor of the state |
| Links | http://www.investmentclaims.com/decisions/Mitchell-Congo-Annulment_Decision.pdf http://www.investmentclaims.com/decisions/31a%20-%20mitchell-en.pdf |
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