The WLR Daily case summaries
[2010] WLR (D) 28
INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity— Foreign judgment— Claimant obtaining New York judgment against foreign state— Claimant bringing claim in England on judgment debt— Statutory provision allowing for recognition of judgment of foreign court where court would have had jurisdiction on basis of rules applicable in United Kingdom— Whether provision jurisdictional— Whether applicable only if statutory exception to state immunity applying— Whether permission to serve claim form outside jurisdiction given on mistaken basis— State Immunity Act 1978, ss 1, 3, 12— Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, s 31(1)— CPR r 6.20(9)