Tag: state immunity

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30 June 2025

Singapore court finds state immunity not applicable and grants anti-suit injunction

15 May 2025

English Court of Appeal interprets arbitration agreement to hold Libya waived sovereign immunity from execution

14 May 2025

Issue estoppel, state immunity and the role of national courts: Hulley Enterprises v Russia

24 March 2025

Cross-post: Inside Arbitration Podcast on State Immunity and the Adverb that Changed Everything

28 September 2023

MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU TO APPLY COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION TO STATE IMMUNITY

The PRC has passed a new Foreign State Immunity Law which will apply the "restrictive" approach to foreign state immunity with effect from 1 January …

29 March 2022

ENGLISH COMMERCIAL COURT DETERMINES THAT A STATE-OWNED AIRLINE IS NOT ENTITLED TO BE SERVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE IMMUNITY ACT

In AELF MSN 242, LLC (a Puerto Rico limited liability company) v De Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. D.B.A. Surinam Airways [2022] EWHC 544 …

04 December 2020

DEALING WITH SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS: IMMUNITY CONCERNS AND PRACTICAL STEPS TO MITIGATE THEM

15 August 2019

THE ENGLISH COURT'S APPROACH TO SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS ON A STATE

15 August 2018

English Court rejects Ukraine’s attempt to set aside enforcement order on grounds of state immunity

The English Court (the "Court") has dismissed an application by Ukraine to set aside a court order permitting Russian investor, PAO Tatneft, to enforce …

08 May 2018

State immunity: English court considers service of proceedings on a State in times of political unrest, and questions relating to enforcement of a foreign judgment against a State

In the recent decision of Certain Underwriters At Lloyds London v Syrian Arab Republic & Ors [2018] EWHC 385 (Comms) the English Commercial Court …

29 November 2017

UK Supreme Court confirms the limited scope of state and diplomatic immunity from employment claims: Benkharbouche and Reyes

In two judgments handed down on 18 October 2017, the Supreme Court (the "Court") has allowed certain employment claims made by foreign nationals employed …

01 December 2016

A law on immunity from enforcement in France

The 'Law on Transparency, Anti-corruption Measures and the Modernisation of the Economy' presented by Michel Sapin, Minister for the Economy and Finance, …