EU Courts - Where to Enforce Judgment?
Foreign Government Seeking Immunity From Enforcement ProceedingsSvenska Petroleum Exploration AB v Government of the Republic of
Lithuania and another (No 2) [2006] EWCA Civ 1529
CA
13 November 2006
Daily Law Notes SummaryWhere a foreign state had agreed in writing to submit a dispute
to arbitration within s 9(1) of the State Immunity Act 1978 that
state could not claim immunity in respect of proceedings in the
United Kingdom courts under s 101(2) of the Arbitration Act 1996
to enforce a foreign arbitration award.