Topic: Sovereign disputes
Subscribe to Sovereign disputesInternational Arbitration Report: Issue 21 out now
February 15, 2024
The latest version of our International Arbitration Report produced by the global International Arbitration team has just been released.
Sovereign state immunity from anti-suit injunctions
November 22, 2022
UK P&I Club N.V. & Anor v Republica Bolivariana De Venezuela [2022] EWHC 1655 (Comm) provides guidance on the factors the English courts will consider when deciding whether a state should benefit from state immunity and whether injunctive relief can be granted against a state.
State-owned entities and the limits of sovereign immunity
September 15, 2021
A High Court decision provides a helpful review of the position as to when a state-owned entity can rely on sovereign immunity.
Further guidance on the Kalmneft factors
June 17, 2021
A decision by the Commercial Court interprets the relevant principles for assessing applications for extensions of time to challenge arbitral awards, and the reasonableness of acts by sovereign states in such a situation.