Aelf MSN 242 LLC v De Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV DBA Surinam Airways

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction — Claimant obtaining order to serve foreign national flag carrier out of jurisdiction — Court dismissing defendant’s challenge to jurisdiction in reliance on state immunity legislation — Defendant making additional challenge to jurisdiction on different ground — Whether “separate entity” entitled to rely on provision setting out required method for service on state — Whether challenge to be allowed — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), ss 12(1)(3), 14(1)

[2022] EWHC 544 (Comm); [2022] WLR(D) 122, QBD