Public International Law Notes

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA PRESCRIBES PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUIRING RUSSIA TO RELEASE THREE UKRAINIAN NAVAL VESSELS

UK Government Publishes Technical Notes, including relating to "Privileges and Immunities"

On 28 August, in advance of the next round of EU-UK talks, the UK Government published three Technical Notes, one of which "provides further information …

English High Court orders payment of $100m arbitral peremptory order, denying KRG claim to immunity

Summary In its recent judgment of 20 November 2015, the High Court of England and Wales (the "Court") enforced a US$100m peremptory order made in …

The need to act strategically to preserve state immunity: States lose immunity by taking steps in proceedings in the English courts to challenge a Tribunal's jurisdiction

In an appeal in a case considering the interrelation between arbitration and state immunity, on an application by France and Spain (the States), the …

The erosion of state and diplomatic immunity by European law? Two recent English Court of Appeal cases

In the case of (1) Benkharbouche and (2) Janah v (1) Embassy of the Republic of Sudan and (2) Libya, the English Court of Appeal (the Court) considered …

English High Court says that a head of state who dies in office enjoys immunity only in respect of official acts

Introduction In the recent decision of Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz [2014] EWHC 1807 (Ch), the High Court found that the …

Rapid Response Seminar: ICJ Judgment in Germany v Italy (Jurisdictional Immunities of the State)

On 19 March 2012, Matthew Weiniger, Partner at Herbert Smith (London), will be speaking at a Rapid Response Seminar at the British Institute of …