ETI EURO TELECOM INTERNATIONAL NV v REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA AND ANOTHER
[2008] Lloyd's Rep Plus 68
COURT OF APPEAL
Before Lord Justice Tuckey, Lord Justice Lawrence Collins and Lord Justice Stanley Burnton
Arbitration – Bilateral investment treaty – Interim
relief – Application to freeze assets of company pending ICSID
arbitration on investment dispute – Whether English court had jurisdiction to
grant freezing order – State immunity – Arbitration Act 1996, section 44 –
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 25 – State Immunity Act
1978, sections 9 and 13.