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Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB v Government of Lithuania (No 2)

[2006] EWCA Civ 1529; [2007] QB 886; [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 909; [2007] 1 Lloyd's Rep 193 (CA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division), England and Wales

Year2006

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A foreign state that has agreed in writing to submit a dispute to arbitration is not immune, under s 9 of the State Immunity Act 1978, from English proceedings to enforce the resulting arbitral award.

Area of Law

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