13 Mar 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 332, CA (Underhill, Newey, Warby LJJ)
01 Jul 2024 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given, SC(E)
06 Mar 2025 [2025] UKSC 9; [2025] 1 WLR 1207; [2025] ICR 768; [2025] 3 All ER 97; [2025] IRLR 636; [2025] WLR(D) 133, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt JJSC, Lord Burnett of Maldon)
INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Appeal — Employment tribunal rejecting embassy’s claim to state immunity — Embassy appealing but not attending or represented at appeal hearing — Whether Court of Appeal under duty to consider immunity despite state’s non-appearance — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), s 1(2)
[2025] UKSC 9; [2025] 1 WLR 1207; [2025] ICR 768; [2025] 3 All ER 97; [2025] IRLR 636; [2025] WLR(D) 133, SC(E)
INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Employment — Member of administrative and technical staff at embassy bringing discrimination and harassment claim in employment tribunal — Whether embassy enjoying immunity in respect of claim — State Immunity Act 1978, ss 1, 16(1)(aa)
[2025] UKSC 9; [2025] 1 WLR 1207; [2025] ICR 768; [2025] 3 All ER 97; [2025] IRLR 636; [2025] WLR(D) 133, SC(E)
Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) v Costantine [2024] EWCA Civ 332, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed on different grounds
Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) v Costantine [2025] UKSC 9; [2025] 1 WLR 1207; [2025] ICR 768; [2025] 3 All ER 97; [2025] IRLR 636; [2025] WLR(D) 133, SC(E)
Littleton chambers
Duty to determine state immunity of own motion applies to all courts and tribunals
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