Immunity from Suit in UK Law

  • Denying Foreign State Immunity on the Grounds of the Unavailability of Alternative Means
    • No. 71-5, September 2008
    • The Modern Law Review
    Granting immunity from suit to a foreign state or an international organisation, deprives the plaintiff of access to court and appears incompatible with the rule of law. Since the European Court of...
    ... ... bility of Alternati ve Means MizushimaT omonori n Granting immunity from suit to a foreign state or an international organisation, deprives the ... ...
  • Not Yet Dead: Wright v Paton Farrell and Advocates' Immunity in Scotland
    • No. 70-3, May 2007
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... on of loss, and for its extensive dicta on advocates’ 2 immunity from suit. The artic le argues that although t he causation issu e appears ... ...
  • One Immunity Has Gone . . . Another . . .: Holland v. Lampen‐Wolfe
    • No. 64-3, May 2001
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... : Holland v Lampen-Wolfe Mizushima Tomonori* ‘Any immunity from suit is a derogation from a person’s fundamental right of access to the ... ...
  • What Price Auctions Without Reserve?
    • No. 64-3, May 2001
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... them go at that price and withdrew them from the sale. His evidence was that he thought he ... The immunity of the auctioneer as agent of a disclosed ... Mizushima Tomonori* ‘Any immunity from suit is a derogation from a person’s fundamental ... ...
  • See you in court? It's not exactly Crime Scene Investigation, but an assignment as an expert witness can be a challenging--and highly rewarding--experience.
    • No. 2005, February 2005
    • Financial Management (UK)
    • Pamplin, Chris
    • JOBS & CAREERS
    ... ... bear in mind, such as not taking phone calls from the parties. Expert evidence should be--and ... witnesses currently enjoy the same immunity from suit as others who give evidence in ... ...
  • Recent Judicial Decisions
    • No. 79-3, September 2006
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
    ... ... of whether theCourt of Appeal could depart from the established rules ofprecedent and follow ... to Practise Panel (FPP);good faith; immunity from suit; immunity not absolute;inaccurate ... ...
  • Public Policy and the Immunity of Advocates
    • No. 31-3, May 1968
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... TEE IMMUNITY OF ADVOCATES IN the course of its passage from Master Lawrence, who ordered that the plaintiff's statement ... barrister is immune from an action for negligence at the suit of his client for his conduct of a case in court, and ... ...
  • Judicial Reaffirmation of the Doctrine of Adoption
    • No. 42-2, March 1979
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... of international law, as existing from time to time, do form part of our ... could successfully plead sovereign immunity from suit. The plaintiff, Trendtex Trading ... ...
  • Reviews
    • No. 58-3, May 1995
    • The Modern Law Review
    Duncan Kennedy, Sexy Dressing etc. Essays on the Power and Politics of Cultural Identity David Frank Ross, J. Don Read and Michael P. Toglia (eds), Adult Eyewitness Testimony: Current Trends and De...
    ... ... of systems logics that have arisen from feminist, anti-racist and marxist academic ... Suing Judges: A Study of Judicial Immunity, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, xxiv + 234 ... ought to enjoy broad immunity from suit was bred of particular historical ... ...
  • THE DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES (EXTENSION) ACT, 1944
    • No. 8-1‐2, March 1945
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... on problems involved in the immunity of inter- national organisations in ... each other, including : (a) immunity from suit and legal process except with the ... ...
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