SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD)

Teaching Fellow

Name:

Ms Lucja Nowak

Email address:

ln5@soas.ac.uk

Year of Study:

3

Internal Supervisors

• Peter Muchlinski

Biography

Lucja is a Polish qualified lawyer, with nine years of practice in an international law firm. After graduating from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (MA in Law) she obtained her LL.M. degree in International Business Law from Central European University in Budapest in 2001. She is a third-year PhD candidate at SOAS, researching legitimate expectations in international investment law.

PhD Publications

• Jirvraj v. Hashwani - why is arbitrator not an employee? (forthcoming in Arbitration eBulletin)
  Does Jan Paulsson’s criticism of unilateral appointments matter? (forthcoming in Arbitration eBulletin)
• What’s new at the ICC Court of Arbitration (Nowości w Sądzie Arbitrażowym ICC), bilingual publication), e-Przegląd Arbitrażowy 1(4)/2011
• Book Review: Kenneth J. Vandevelde’s Bilateral Investment Treaties, History, Policy, and Interpretation (Oxford University Press, 2010), Polish Yearbook of International Law, Vol. XXX, 2010
• New European Arbitration Acts: Scotland and Ireland (in Polish: Nowe europejskie ustawy arbitrażowe: Szkocja i Irlandia) (bilingual publication), e-Przegląd Arbitrażowy 1(1)/2010
• Arbitration exclusion from the scope of Regulation No. 44/2001 – West Tankers case and Report of the Commission (in Polish: Kwestia wyłączenia arbitrażu z zakresu obowiązywania Rozporządzenia 44/2001 w sprawie jurysdykcji oraz uznawalności i stwierdzania wykonalności orzeczeń w sprawach cywilnych i handlowych – sprawa West Tankers i sprawozdanie Komisji), Biuletyn Arbitrażowy, 13/2009
• Investment Arbitration in 2008 - UNCTAD IIA Monitor No. 1(2009) (in Polish: Arbitraż inwestycyjny w 2008 r. - Monitor UNCTAD Nr 1(2009)), Biuletyn Arbitrażowy, 11/2009
• Arbitration - How It Can Deliver on Its Promise?, Arbitration, May 2009, co-author with Michael Davison
• Fair and Equitable Treatment, Practical Law Company, April 2009
• Place of Arbitration in Polish Law (in Polish: Miejsce arbitrażu w prawie polskim), Biuletyn Arbitrażowy, 8/2008
• New time limits for bringing tort claims in Poland, European Product Liability Review, June 2007, co-author with Ewa Rutkowska
• Expiry of time limits for briging tort claims: new provisions - new problems (in Polish: Przedawnienie roszczeń o naprawienie szkody na osobie: nowe przepisy - nowe problemy), Rzeczpospolita 26 June 2007
• Enforcement of Foreign Judgements: a Hearing or a Meeting in Camera (in Polish: Wykonalność zagranicznych wyroków: rozprawa czy posiedzenie niejawne), Rzeczpospolita, 29 May 2007, co-author with Ewa Rutkowska
• Statute of Limitation for Tort Claims Declared Unconstitutional, European Product Liability Review, December 2006, co-author with Ewa Rutkowska
• ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) (in Polish), Biuletyn Arbitrażowy, 1/2006
• A Bit of Revolution in Arbitration - on the New Polish Arbitration Law (in Polish: Nieco rewolucji w arbitrażu), Puls Biznesu, 20 October 2005
• When Parties Are in Dispute – the Tribunal Decides: How to Proceed in Arbitration (in Polish: Gdy strony w sporze, decyduje trybunał - jak postępować przed sądem polubownym), Rzeczpospolita, 3 February 2004, co-author