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Deutsche Bank AG London Branch v Receivers Appointed by the Court

Hearings

England & Wales

02 Jul 2020 [2020] EWHC 1721 (Comm); [2021] QB 455; [2021] 2 WLR 1; [2021] 1 All ER 719; [2020] WLR (D) 382, QBD (Teare J)

05 Oct 2020 [2020] EWCA Civ 1249; [2021] QB 455; [2021] 2 WLR 1; [2021] 1 All ER 719; [2020] WLR (D) 541, CA (Lewison, Males, Phillips LJJ)

09 Dec 2020 (appn dis) [2021] 1 WLR 724, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones JSC)

22 Apr 2021 (appn all) [2021] 1 WLR 3520, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones JSC)

20 Dec 2021 [2021] UKSC 57; [2023] AC 156; [2022] 2 WLR 167; [2022] 2 All ER 703; [2021] WLR(D) 638; The Times, 2 February 2022, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

Additional names

Central Bank of Venezuela v Governor and Company of the Bank of England

Subject Matter

INTERNATIONAL LAW — Recognition — Head of state — Rival claimants to presidency of foreign state — Challenger to sitting president claiming to be interim president — United Kingdom Government issuing statement recognising interim president as head of state but maintaining diplomatic relations with sitting president’s government — Whether interim president to be recognised as de jure and de facto head of state — Whether “one voice” doctrine of recognition applying equally to de jure and de facto recognition

[2020] EWHC 1721 (Comm); [2021] QB 455; [2021] 2 WLR 1; [2021] 1 All ER 719; [2020] WLR (D) 382, QBD

[2020] EWCA Civ 1249; [2021] QB 455; [2021] 2 WLR 1; [2021] 1 All ER 719; [2020] WLR (D) 541, CA

INTERNATIONAL LAW — Recognition — Head of state — Rival claimants to presidency of foreign state — Challenger to incumbent president claiming to be interim president — United Kingdom Government issuing statement recognising interim president as head of state but maintaining diplomatic relations with incumbent president’s government — Whether interim president recognised as de jure and de facto head of state — Whether distinction between de jure and de facto recognition relevant — Whether validity of foreign statute confirming interim president’s claim and validity of appointment by interim president non-justiciable as acts of state

[2021] UKSC 57; [2023] AC 156; [2022] 2 WLR 167; [2022] 2 All ER 703; [2021] WLR(D) 638; The Times, 2 February 2022, SC(E)

Appellate History

Deutsche Bank AG London Branch v Receivers Appointed by the Court [2020] EWHC 1721 (Comm); [2021] QB 455; [2021] 2 WLR 1; [2021] 1 All ER 719; [2020] WLR (D) 382, QBD

Decision of Teare J reversed

Deutsche Bank AG London Branch v Receivers Appointed by the Court [2020] EWCA Civ 1249; [2021] QB 455; [2021] 2 WLR 1; [2021] 1 All ER 719; [2020] WLR (D) 541, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed in part

Deutsche Bank AG London Branch v Receivers Appointed by the Court [2021] UKSC 57; [2023] AC 156; [2022] 2 WLR 167; [2022] 2 All ER 703; [2021] WLR(D) 638; The Times, 2 February 2022, SC(E)

Commentary

UK Supreme Court Blog
New Judgment: Maduro Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela v Guaidó Board” of the Central Bank of Venezuela [2021] UKSC 57 Case comment

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