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Ayat Nizar Raja Sumrain and others v. State of Kuwait
(ICSID Case No. ARB/19/20)
Procedural Order No. 1
ANNEX A
PROCEDURAL TIMETABLE
| EVENT | DATE |
|---|---|
| (The Respondent has the right to make focused requests for documents to the Claimants relating to the three jurisdiction/admissibility issues that it has identified in paragraph 22 of its letter of 19 June 2020 as soon as practicable. The Claimant will endeavour to comply with those requests as soon as possible. The Tribunal will promptly rule on any disputed issues.) | Immediately |
| Joinder Application from a Third Party (to join as a claimant) | 9 July 2020 |
| Parties’ Observations on the Joinder Application. | 8 August 2020 |
| Reply of the Joinder Party to the Parties’ Observations | 8 September 2020 |
| Tribunal’s Decision on the Joinder Application | 8 October 2020 |
| Claimants’ Memorial on the Merits | 20 November 2020 |
| Respondent’s Request for Bifurcation (if any) | 10 December 2020 |
| Claimants’ Reply to Request for Bifurcation | 25 December 2020 |
| Tribunal’s Ruling on Bifurcation | 5 January 2021 |
| If bifurcation | |
| Respondent’s Memorial on Preliminary Objections | 25 January 2021 |
| Claimants’ Counter-Memorial on Preliminary Objections | 25 February 2021 |
| Respondent’s Reply on Preliminary Objections | 10 March 2021 |
| Claimants’ Rejoinder on Preliminary Objections | 25 March 2021 |
| Hearing on Jurisdiction¹ | 18-19 May 2021 |
| If no bifurcation | |
| Respondent’s Counter Memorial on the Merits | 18 March 2021 |
1 If jurisdiction/admissibility is upheld in whole or in part, the Tribunal will then fix a timetable for the next phase of the procedure. ↩
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| Requests for Production of Documents | 15 April 2021 |
| Responses and Objections to Requests for Production of Documents (including submissions on what would be an acceptable scope for any relevant document requests²) | 13 May 2021 |
| Replies to Responses and Objections to Requests for Production of Documents & Production of Documents in respect of which there are no Objections | 17 June 2021 |
| Tribunal’s Rulings on Objections to Requests for Production of Documents | 1 July 2021 |
| Parties’ Production of Documents Ordered by Tribunal | 5 August 2021 |
| Claimants’ Reply Memorial on the Merits | 4 November 2021 |
| Respondent’s Rejoinder Memorial on the Merits | 3 February 2022 |
| Pre-hearing conference | February 2022 |
| Hearing | Week of 6 June 2022 |
2 E.g. if a party objects to a request as being overly broad, then it is invited, where reasonable, to propose a formulation of the request that it would consider to be acceptable. ↩