Sindicato Unico de Pescadore del Municipio Miranda del Estado Zulia v International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund - QBD (Picken J) [2015] EWHC 2476 (QB) - 22 July 2015

International law - Registration and enforcement of foreign judgment - Judgment creditor obtaining judgment in Venezuela against "The International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage" - Judgment registered in England as a judgment of the High Court - Whether judgment related to The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992 - Immunity - Whether registration order should be set aside

The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1971 (the IOPC Fund 1971) was established on 16 October 1978 when the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1971 (the 1971 Fund Convention) entered into force. The IOPC Fund 1971 was given legal personality in the contracting states.