The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2017] AC 964
Supreme Court
Belhaj v Straw and others (United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and others intervening)
Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence and another (No 2) (United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and others intervening)
[2014] EWCA Civ 1394
[2017] UKSC 3
2014 July 21–
23;
Oct 30
Oct 30
Lord Dyson MR, Lloyd Jones, Sharp LJJ
2015 Nov 9–
12;
2017 Jan 17
2017 Jan 17
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond DPSC, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes JJSC
Conflict of laws— Sovereign immunity— Act of state— Claims for damages for unlawful detention and mistreatment in various foreign states and on board United States aircraft— Claimants alleging participation of members of United Kingdom executive, intelligence services and government departments— Whether doctrines of state immunity and act of state operating as bar to claim— Whether claim falling within public policy limitation on doctrine of act of state— Whether English court lacking jurisdiction to hear claim— Whether claim non-justiciable— Whether determination of applicable law appropriate