NML CAPITAL LTD v REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA
[2009] Lloyd's Rep Plus 24
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice Blair
Enforcement of judgments – Sovereign immunity – Claimant
obtaining judgment against Republic of Argentina in New York court – Claimant
seeking to enforce judgment in England by common law action – Effect of State
Immunity Act 1978 – Whether contractual submission to jurisdiction – Whether claimant
permitted to argue new grounds for lack of immunity – State Immunity Act 1978,
section 1 – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 31(1).