The Porto Alexandre
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 10 November 1919 |
| Docket Number | Case No. 100 |
| Date | 10 November 1919 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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42 cases
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Owners of the Philippine Admiral v Wallem Shipping (Hong Kong) Ltd (The Philippine Admiral)
...before the Beard fell under three heads. First and foremost whether the Board should follow the decision in The Porto AlexandreELR[3] [1920] P. 30. Secondly whether, if the Board should decide not to follow that decision, the Philippine Admiral ought nevertheless to enjoy immunity because i......
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Playa Larga (Owners of cargo lately laden on board) v I Congreso del Partido (Owners); Marble Islands (Owners of cargo lately laden on board) v I Congreso del Partido (Owners); I Congreso del Partido
...Admiral [1977] A.C. 373 P.C. andTrendtex Trading Corporation v. Central Bank of Nigeria [1977] Q.B. 529, C.A. applied. The Porto Alexandre [1920] P. 30, C.A. not followed. Per curiam. It is difficult to accept that, in an appropriate case, the English courts should not assert jurisdiction b......
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Democratic Republic of Congo v FG Hemisphere Associates (No 1) [Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Court of Final Appeal]
...case was held not to be covered by state immunity even though she was government-owned. As one sees at p. 403B, The Porto AlexandreELR [1920] P 30 was not followed.65. Two years later the English Court of Appeal decided the case of Trendtex Trading Corporation v. Central Bank of NigeriaELR[......
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Benkharbouche v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Others intervening)
...been that all ships belonging to a foreign Government even if used purely for commerce were entitled to immunity … The judgments in The Porto Alexandre seem to me to have omitted any consideration of what I deem to be a vital point — namely, the fact that other countries while they admit th......
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Foreign sovereign immunity in the caribbean: a case for legislative intervention
...S-18 (Can.). See, e.g ., The Parlement Belge [1879] 4 PD 129; The Porto Alexandre [1920] N. No. 1315 at 30, http://www.uniset.ca/other/cs2/1920P30.html; Berizzi Bros. v. The Pesaro, 271 U.S. 562 (1926). 2021] 59 GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Certain Rules relating to the Immunity ......
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L'immunite de l'acte de fonction et la responsabilite penale pour crimes internationaux des gouvernants en exercice.
...PD 197, tel que cite dans Fox, supra note 26 a la p 107. Un tribunal anglais a adopte la meme decision dans l'affaire The Porto Alexandre ([1920] P 30) au sujet d'un navire portugais faisant exclusivement du (30) Voir Qi, supra note 27 a la p 312. (31) Voir I Congreso del Partido, [1983] 1 ......
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The Commercial Exceptions to Foreign State Immunity
...Law 220, 247. 14 Compania Naviera Vascongado v SS Cristina (The Cristina) [1938] AC 485, 490 (Lord Atkin); The Porto Alexandre [1920] P 30; The Parlement Belge (1880) 5 PD 97; cf Lauterpacht, above n 13. 15 See, eg, Charter of the United Nations art 2(1); Australian Law Reform Commission, F......