Committee to hear Churchill?s annulment plea formed

By Alexander Ginting

UK-based firm Churchill Mining PLC on Tuesday said it has been informed that an ad-hoc committee has been formed to hear the company's case for why the dismissal of its claim against the Indonesian government should be annulled.

In December, Churchill's claims for damages against the Indonesian government over the country's decision to revoke Churchill's licences covering its sole asset, the East Kutai coal project, were dismissed.

Churchill was ordered to pay US$9.4 million in costs and arbitration tribunal fees by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

The annulment proceedings formally started on Monday after Churchill was told that the ICSID has formed an ad-hoc committee comprised of French judge Dominique Hascher, German judge Karl-Heinz Bockstiegel and American judge Jean Kalicki.

Hascher is the presiding judge over the committee.