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The immunities of States and international organisations
This database contains the original national contributions bringing together information on The immunities of States and international organisations
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- United Kingdom
- Themes
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- Jurisprudence
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- http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/United Kingdom/1995/272
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of United Kingdom - Jurisprudence of 24/07/1995
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of United Kingdom - Jurisprudence of 24/07/1995
Kuwait Airways Corp. v. Iraqi Airways Co.
Author(ity)
House of Lords
Date of the decision, of the judgment
24/07/1995
Points of law
1) Service of proceedings on a foreign State must be done through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that State;2) The seizure and removal of property by a State-owned entity of a foreign State on the orders of that foreign State, in the context of an armed invasion of another State, was an act in the exercise of sovereign authority;
3) The subsequent retention and use of that property by the State-owned entity, following a formal legislative act vesting the property in the entity, were not acts in the exercise of sovereign authority.
