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Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB v Government of the Republic of Lithuania (No 2)

Hearings

England & Wales

04 Nov 2005 [2005] EWHC 2437 (Comm); [2006] 1 All ER (Comm) 731; [2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep 181, QBD (Gloster J)

13 Nov 2006 [2006] EWCA Civ 1529; [2007] QB 886; [2007] 2 WLR 876; [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 909; [2007] 1 Lloyd's Rep 193, CA

Subject Matter

INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Arbitration award — Joint venture agreement between Lithuanian enterprise and Swedish oil company — Lithuanian Government legally and contractually bound by agreement — Company referring dispute to ICC arbitration in Denmark pursuant to arbitration clause in agreement — Tribunal accepting jurisdiction and making award in favour of company — Whether award enforceable against government in English courts — Whether government immune from suit — State Immunity Act 1978, s 9(1) — Arbitration Act 1996, s 101(2)

[2005] EWHC 2437 (Comm); [2006] 1 All ER (Comm) 731; [2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep 181, QBD

[2006] EWCA Civ 1529; [2007] QB 886; [2007] 2 WLR 876; [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 909; [2007] 1 Lloyd's Rep 193, CA

Appellate History

Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB v Government of the Republic of Lithuania (No 2) [2005] EWHC 2437 (Comm); [2006] 1 All ER (Comm) 731; [2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep 181, QBD

Decision of Gloster J affirmed

Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB v Government of the Republic of Lithuania (No 2) [2006] EWCA Civ 1529; [2007] QB 886; [2007] 2 WLR 876; [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 909; [2007] 1 Lloyd's Rep 193, CA

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Enforcement of Awards - Statutory enforcement 72.20

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