The defendant asserted that he was entitled to diplomatic privilege to protect him from an action here. He was public minister of a foreign state. He had been received by the Court and given formal accreditation. He had no real property in Britain.
Held: Since he had done nothing to disentitled himself from such protection, he remained entitled in a civil action ‘although such action may arise out of commercial transactions by him here, and although neither his person nor his goods be touched by the suit.’
Citations:
[1859] 34 LTOS 30, [1859] 5 Jur NS 1260, [1859] 7 WR 598, [1859] 121 ER 36, (1859) 2 E and E 94, [1859] 28 LJQB 310
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Jones (Margaret), Regina v Milling and others HL 29-Mar-2006
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Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.239965