Westminster City Council v Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date21 January 1986
Date21 January 1986
CourtChancery Division
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  • Teras Kimia Sdn Bhd v Government of Malaysia
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 2015
  • Gold Reserve Inc. v The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 2 February 2016
    ...59 However, Mr. Dunning referred to two authorities which, he submitted, suggested that that conclusion was wrong. The first was Westminster City Council v Iran [1986] 1 WLR 979. That case concerned the Iranian Embassy and an attempt by Westminster City Council to recover its costs in secu......
  • General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd v State of Libya
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 18 January 2019
    ...on these issues can be obtained from the authorities. I take them in chronological order. 48 The issue in Westminster City Council v Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran [1986] 1 WLR 979 was whether a land charge could be registered on the former Iranian embassy for recovery of the c......
  • General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd v State of Libya
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 25 June 2021
    ...foreign state (Fox and Webb, The Law of State Immunity p 236). In Westminster City Council v. Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran[1986] 1 WLR 979; 108 ILR 557 Westminster sought to register land charges under the Land Registration Act 1925 against former embassy premises of Iran. Wes......
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