The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 1 WLR 2181
Queen’s Bench Division
*AELF MSN 242 LLC v Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (trading as Surinam Airways)
[2021] EWHC 3482 (Comm)
2021 Nov 26; Dec 21
Peter MacDonald Eggers QC sitting as a deputy High Court judge
Practice— Claim form— Service out of jurisdiction— Claimant obtaining permission to serve defendant out of jurisdiction— Defendant filing acknowledgment of service and applying for extension of time in which to serve defence but later disputing jurisdiction on state immunity grounds— Whether defendant having submitted to jurisdiction by way of common law waiver— Whether common law waiver constituting appearance in proceedings so as to preclude defendant from objecting to claimant’s non-compliance with special servivce requirements—
State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), ss 12(1)(3), 22(2)
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