Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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NML CAPITAL LTD v REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA

[2010] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 442

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Mummery, Lord Justice Aikens and Lord Justice Elias

Enforcement of judgments — Sovereign immunity — Claimant obtaining judgment against Republic of Argentina in New York court — Claimant seeking recognition and enforcement of judgment in England — Whether contractual submission to jurisdiction — Whether claimant entitled to rely on new grounds for lack of immunity — State Immunity Act 1978, sections 1 and 2(2) — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 31(1).

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