Published on: 16 December 2025
Published by a LexisNexis Arbitration expert
Fourth partial award accessible. Document 05-251223-042A. Partial dissent accessible. Document 05-251223-043Z.
The tribunal’s award, running to over 1,000 pages, was dated 17 November and made public online on 9 December. The panel consisted of Professor Albert Jan van den Berg as president, Dr Horacio A. Grigera Naón, appointed by the US claimants Chevron Corp. and Texaco Petroleum Co., and Professor Vaughan Lowe KC, appointed by Ecuador.
In 1993, a number of Ecuadorian residents brought proceedings against Texaco Inc. and its subsidiary Texaco Petroleum Co. (TexPet) in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking compensation for pollution in the Oriente area of the Amazon rainforest. They alleged the contamination stemmed from oil operations conducted between 1964 and 1992. The case was dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds. In 2003, the environmental group Amazon Defence Front and 48 Ecuadorian citizens refiled the claim in Ecuador’s Lago Agrio Court against Chevron Corp., which had acquired Texaco and TexPet...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
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