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1.18. Procedural Orders: During this further procedure, the Tribunal made a number of
procedural orders, all of which were issued or recorded in writing. It is unnecessary
to set out their terms here.
1.19. Jurisdiction Memorials: Pursuant to the Tribunal‟s procedural orders, the Respondent
submitted its Memorial on its Objections to Jurisdiction dated 15 October 2010
(here described as the Respondent‟s “Jurisdiction Memorial”); the Claimant submitted
its Counter-Memorial on the Respondent‟s Objections to Jurisdiction on 31 December
2010 (here described as the Claimant‟s “Jurisdiction Counter-Memorial”);
the Respondent submitted its Reply Memorial on the Claimant‟s Jurisdiction
Counter-Memorial on 31 January 2011 (here described as the Respondent‟s “Jurisdiction
Reply”); and the Claimant submitted its Rejoinder Memorial on the Respondent‟s
Jurisdiction Reply on 2 March 2011(here described as the Claimant‟s “Jurisdiction
Rejoinder”).
1.20. Written Testimony: The Parties adduced the following written testimony in support
of their respective cases on jurisdiction: for the Respondent, the witness statement of
Mr Luis Alberto Parada dated 14 March 2011; and for the Claimant, the witness
statements of Ms Catherine McLeod Seltzer dated 31 December 2010, Mr Tom
Shrake dated 31 December 2010, Mr Steven K. Krause dated 31 December 2010 and
Mr Charles Pasfield dated 2 March 2011.
1.21. The Hearing: The Hearing on the Respondent‟s jurisdictional objections took place
over three days, from 2 to 4 May 2011, at the World Bank, Washington DC, USA,
recorded by verbatim transcript (here referred to as “D1”, “D2” and “D3”). The
Hearing was attended by (inter alios) the following Parties and Non-Participating
Parties.
1.22. The Claimant: The Claimant was represented by Mr Tom Shrake and Ms Catherine
McLeod-Seltzer; and from Messrs Crowell & Moring LLP by Mr Arif H. Ali, Mr
Alexandre de Gramont, Mr R. Timothy McCrum, Mr Theodore Posner, Ms Ashley
R. Riveira, Ms Marguerite C. Walter, Ms Kassi Tallent, Mr Timothy Hughes, Ms
Maria Carolina Crespo, Ms Christina Ferraro, Mr Stephen Duncan and Ms Jessica
Ferrante.
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