Conflict of laws

Kuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Co [2002] UKHL 19, House of Lords, Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Steyn, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote, 16 May 2002

Conflict of laws – Tort – Aircraft seized at Kuwait airport by Iraqi forces – Aircraft flown to Iraq and handed to defendants – Double actionability rule – Whether liability in English law – Whether liability in Iraqi law – Disregard of Iraqi law authorising expropriation – Measure of damages