KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION v. IRAQI AIRWAYS COMPANY AND REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

[1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 317

HOUSE OF LORDS

Before Lord GOFF OF Chieveley, Lord JAUNCEY OF Tullichettle, Lord Mustill, Lord SLYNN OF Hadley and Lord NICHOLLS OF Birkenhead

Conflict of laws - Sovereign immunity - Jurisdiction - Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq - Defendants instructed to bring Kuwaiti fleet to Iraq - Whether defendants immune from jurisdiction of English Courts - Whether immunity lost by submitting to jurisdiction - State Immunity Act, 1978 ss. 2, 14(2) - R.S.C., O. 65, r. 3(1).