The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 5
Court of Appeal
UK P&I Club NV and another v República Bolivariana de Venezuela
[2023] EWCA Civ 1497
2023 Dec 6, 7, 8; 20
Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Popplewell, Phillips LJJ
International law— State immunity— Enforcement immunity— Insurers bringing claim in English courts seeking final injunction restraining sovereign state from pursuing claims against insurers other than in London arbitration— Statutory bar on granting of injunctions against sovereign states— Whether bar incompatible with right to fair trial—
State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), s 13(2)(a)
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6