Diplomatic Immunity in UK Law
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Diplomatic Immunity Denied by the UK Supreme Court in Domestic Servant Case
In Reyes v. Al-Malki decided on 18 October 2017, the UK Supreme Court held that a former foreign diplomatic agent is not entitled to immunity from civil jurisdiction in employment proceedings broug...
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- Diplomatic Immunity Denied By UK Supreme Court In Relation To Alleged Breaches Of Modern Slavery Laws
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A Shift In The Boundaries Of State Immunity
... ... and holiday pay, as well as other claims derived from EU law, without embassies and high commissions having the protection of diplomatic immunity in place. Although the case has been referred to the Court of Appeal, the decision will be followed by lower courts for the immediate ... ...
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How To Apply For A Judicial Review And How To Appeal A Decision
... ... who sought to establish the question of whether diplomatic immunity ... extended to the woman who struck and killed their son whilst ... ...
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Proposed Registration Requirements For UK Foreign Influence Activities
... ... foreign power in their official capacity, hold diplomatic immunity, ... and/or provide legal services (among others). The Bill also ... ...
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Divorce In England - The Implications For Internationally Mobile Families
... ... order being made against him in England on the basis of his diplomatic immunity. The wife's claims were ultimately assessed on the basis of ... ...
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International Organisations: Immunity From Suit And Legal Process
An international organisation is not a State, and is only afforded immunity to the extent granted by statute. It is relatively uncommon for international organisations to come before the English co...... ... They are accordingly entitled to no sovereign or diplomatic immunity in this country save where such immunity is granted by legislative instrument, and then only to the extent of such grant, […] no more and ... ...
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Enforcement of a Foreign Award and the Slip Rule - Norsk Hydro v State Property Fund of Ukraine & Others [2002] All ER (D) 269
... ... Fund of Ukraine." There was no issue as to sovereign or diplomatic immunity, this having been waived, and there was also no issue as to the ... ...
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Service of Proceedings on a Foreign State is Mandatory
An arbitration award cannot be enforced in England against a foreign State without serving the proceedings on that State through the diplomatic channels. In General Dynamics UK Ltd v Libya [2019...... ... State without serving the proceedings on that State through the diplomatic channels ... In General Dynamics UK Ltd v Libya [2019] EWHC 64 (Comm), ... was not served on the State in the manner required by the State Immunity Act 1978 (SIA). The court held that section 12(1) SIA, which provides for ... ...
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