Kahan v Pakistan Federation: 1951

State immunity can only be lost by a submission to the jurisdiction when it was invoked, and not by an earlier act.

Citations:

[1951] 2 KB 1003, [1951] 2 TLR 697

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedNML Capital Ltd v Argentina SC 6-Jul-2011
The respondent had issued bonds but in 2001 had declared a moratorium on paying them. The appellant hedge fund later bought the bonds, heavily discounted. Judgment was obtained in New York, which the appellants now sought to enforce against assets . .
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International

Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.441561