Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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

[1995] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 25

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Nourse, Lord Justice Leggatt and, Lord Justice Simon Brown

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).

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