Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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SVENSKA PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AB v GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA (No 2)

[2007] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 193

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Lord Justice Scott Baker, and Lord Justice Moore-Bick

Arbitration - Sovereign immunity - Enforcement of foreign arbitration award against sovereign state - Claimant obtaining arbitration award against Lithuania in Denmark - Lithuania contesting jurisdiction of arbitrators - Whether Lithuania entitled to state immunity from enforcement of award - Arbitration Act 1996, section 103 - State Immunity Act 1978, sections 1, 2, 3 and 9.

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