SWISS ISRAEL TRADE BANK v. GOVERNMENT OF SALTA AND BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SALTA

[1972] 1 Lloyd's Rep 497

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mr. Justice MacKenna

Conflict of laws - Jurisdiction - Foreign sovereign immunity - Whether provincial government in Argentine Republic and provincial bank entitled to plead immunity. Practice - Writ - Whether application to extend writ after its expiry was valid - Whether notice of writ should contain reference to its extension - R.S.C., Order 6, r. 8(2). Practice - Costs - Successful party not present or represented at judgment to ask for costs - No order as to costs.