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Belhaj and another v Straw and Others; Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence and another (No 2)

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JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Mance,Lord Neuberger,Lord Wilson,Lady Hale,Lord Clarke,Lord Sumption,Lord Hughes
Judgment Date17 January 2017
Neutral Citation[2017] UKSC 3
Date17 January 2017
CourtSupreme Court
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65 cases
  • Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 28 d5 Fevereiro d5 2020
    ...By Abella J. Distinguished: Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2014 SCC 62, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 176; considered: Belhaj v. Straw, [2017] UKSC 3, [2017] A.C. 964; Blad v. Bamfield (1674), 3 Swans. 604, 36 E.R. 992; Duke of Brunswick v. King of Hanover (1848), 2 H.L.C. 1, 9 E.R. 993; Yuko......
  • Araya v. Nevsun Resources Ltd, 2017 BCCA 401
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 21 d2 Novembro d2 2017
    ...for Judgment of the Honourable Madam Justice Newbury: [1] In 2014, in Belhaj v. Straw [2014] EWCA Civ 1394, aff’d [2017] UKSC 3, Lloyd Jones, L.J. observed:… a fundamental change has occurred within public international law. The traditional view of public international law as a system of la......
  • Hashwah and Others v Qatar National Bank (QPSC) and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 1 d6 Janeiro d6 2022
    ...ICR 931; [2016] 2 All ER 136, CAAlcom Ltd v Republic of Colombia [1984] AC 580; [1984] 2 WLR 750; [1984] 2 All ER 6, HL(E)Belhaj v Straw [2017] UKSC 3; [2017] AC 964; [2017] 2 WLR 456; [2017] 3 All ER 337, SC(E)Benkharbouche v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan [2017] UKSC 62; [2019] AC 777; ......
  • Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn (Abu Zubaydah) v The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 d3 Março d3 2022
    ...v Secretary of State for Defence [2006] EWCA Civ 327, [2007] QB 621, Belhaj v Straw [2013] EWHC 4111 (QB), [2014] EWCA Civ 1394, [2017] AC 964, Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 1369 (QB), and Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence [2019] EWHC 3172 35 Neither party drew any......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • UK Supreme Court Finds Guaidó Is to Be Recognised as Venezuela’s Head of State in Gold Dispute
    • United Kingdom
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    • 26 d3 Janeiro d3 2022
    ...questions may need to be addressed in due course. Endnotes [1] [2021] UKSC 57. [2] [1993] 1 QB 54 [3] [2021] UKSC 57 at para. 98. [4] [2017] UKSC 3. [5] [2017] UKSC 3 at paras. 121-124. [6] [2021] UKSC 57 at para....
  • Business Litigation Report - September 2018
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • 2 d2 Outubro d2 2018
    ...(Russia) towards another (Ukraine) on the international plane. Having regard to the decision of the UK Supreme Court in Belhaj v. Straw ([2017] UKSC 3), Law Debenture argued that Ukraine’s defense lacked a “domestic foothold” as it was not based on English law rights and duties, but matters......
9 books & journal articles
  • Foreign sovereign immunity in the caribbean: a case for legislative intervention
    • United States
    • Georgetown Journal of International Law No. 53-1, October 2021
    • 1 d5 Outubro d5 2021
    ...quite distinct 243. BCB Holdings Ltd. v. Gov’t of Belize, 232 F. Supp. 3d at 39 (D.D.C. 2017). 244. Per Lord Sumption in Belhaj v. Straw [2017] UKSC 3, [2017] AC 964, [200]. In Singapore, the rationale behind the act of state doctrine is to disallow the Singapore courts from adjudicating on......
  • Reconceptualising ‘Justiciability’: Crafting a Coherent Framework for Australia’s Unique Constitutional Context
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 50-3, September 2022
    • 1 d4 Setembro d4 2022
    ...Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Corporation (Nos 4 and 5) [2002] AC 883, 1101; Rahmatullah (No 1) vMinistry of Defence [2017] AC 964, 999–1000.116. Petrotimor (n 54).117. (2007) 159 FCR 578 (‘Gamogab’).118. See Sim (n 107) 128; Richard Garnett, ‘Foreign States and Australian Cour......
  • Reconceptualising ‘Justiciability’: Crafting a Coherent Framework for Australia’s Unique Constitutional Context
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 50-3, September 2022
    • 1 d4 Setembro d4 2022
    ...Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Corporation (Nos 4 and 5) [2002] AC 883, 1101; Rahmatullah (No 1) vMinistry of Defence [2017] AC 964, 999–1000.116. Petrotimor (n 54).117. (2007) 159 FCR 578 (‘Gamogab’).118. See Sim (n 107) 128; Richard Garnett, ‘Foreign States and Australian Cour......
  • Between form and Substance: Minimising Judicial Scrutiny of Executive Action
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 45-4, December 2017
    • 1 d5 Dezembro d5 2017
    ...98 See Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2017] 2 WLR 287; Mohammed v Ministry of Defence (No 2) [2017] 2 WLR 327; Belhaj v Straw [2017] 2 WLR 456. 99 Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2017] 2 WLR 287. 100 Belhaj v Straw [2017] 2 WLR 456. 101 See Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2017] 2 WLR 287, ......
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