Under the 2009 Order, the appellant Bank’s UK operations had been shut down. It appealed against the Order, but the respondent had brought evidence, closed save to the respondent, and the order had been confirmed.
Held: The bank’s appeal failed. The hearing was almost entirely an open hearing.
Maurice Kay VP LJ, Elias LJ, Pitchford LJ
[2011] EWCA Civ 1, [2012] QB 101, [2011] Lloyd’s Rep FC 168, [2011] 3 WLR 714, [2011] UKHRR 208, [2011] HRLR 13, [2011] 2 All ER 802
Bailii
Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2009, Counter-Terrorism Act 2008
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Bank Mellat v HM Treasury QBD 11-Jun-2010
The respondent had made an order under the Regulations restricting all persons from dealing with the the claimant bank. The bank applied to have the order set aside. Though the defendant originally believed that the Iranian government owned 80% of . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (No 2) SC 19-Jun-2013
The bank challenged measures taken by HM Treasury to restrict access to the United Kingdom’s financial markets by a major Iranian commercial bank, Bank Mellat, on the account of its alleged connection with Iran’s nuclear weapons and ballistic . .
Appeal from – Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (No 1) SC 19-Jun-2013
Closed Material before Supreme Court
Under the 2009 order, the appellant Bank had been effectively shut down as to its operations within the UK. It sought to use the appeal procedure, and now objected to the use of closed material procedure. The Supreme Court asked itself whether it . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 25 July 2021; Ref: scu.427980
