Diplomatic Immunity in UK Law
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R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No. 3)
... ... of this case–is a former head of state entitled to sovereign immunity from arrest or prosecution in the U.K. for acts of torture–applies to ... The diplomatic representative of the foreign state in the forum state is also afforded ... ...
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Benkharbouche v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Others intervening)
... ... at issue on this appeal is whether two provisions of the State Immunity Act 1978 are consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights ... respects proceedings concerning the employment of members of a diplomatic mission, including its administrative, technical and domestic staff. It is ... ...
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Pamplin v Express Newspapers Ltd (Note)
... ... had been concerned at the fact that persons who can claim diplomatic immunity are able to avoid paying parking fines by the simple expedient of ... ...
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R v Margaret Jones; Swain v DPP; R v Arthur Milling; R v Toby Olditch; R v Philip Pritchard
... ... The immunity of ambassadors when performing diplomatic duties was confirmed by the ... ...
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Alcom Ltd v Republic of Colombia; Alcom Ltd v Santos
... ... 1 The diplomatic mission of the Republic of Colombia in the United Kingdom, like the ... of subsections (2( b )) and (4) of section 13 of the State Immunity Act 1978. The Act, as its short title indicates, deals primarily with ... ...
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Buttes Gas and Oil Company v Hammer; Buttes Gas and Oil Company v Hammer (No. 3)
... ... should recognise a category of United Kingdom public interest immunity relating to copies of confidential documents of a foreign sovereign (the ... of the acts of foreign sovereigns would be the very sources of diplomatic friction and complication that the act of state doctrine aims to avert." ... ...
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Belhaj and another v Straw and Others; Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence and another (No 2)
... ... 6 IV State immunity 9 ... place as part of a co-ordinated strategy designed to secure diplomatic and intelligence advantages from Colonel Gaddafi". The claims are framed ... ...
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Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and another (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and another intervening); Mitchell v Al-Dali;
... ... and to dismiss Mr Jones's claim on the ground of state immunity under the State Immunity Act 1978. On that ground, on 30 July 2003, Master ... provides that "subject to…any necessary modifications" the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 shall apply to a head of state as it applies to a head ... ...
- Re B (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Diplomatic Immunity)
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Trendtex v Central Bank of Nigeria
... ... on the letter of credit: because they are entitled to sovereign immunity The plaintiffs dispute this on the ground that this is an ordinary ... ...
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