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Duff Development Co Ltd v Government of Kelantan

[1924] AC 797 (HL)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords

Year1924

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A foreign sovereign State cannot be impleaded in the English courts without its consent, and the court takes conclusive judicial notice of a foreign government's status from an executive certificate of the Secretary of State.

Area of Law

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