HULLEY ENTERPRISES LTD AND OTHERS v THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

[2023] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 648

KING’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mrs Justice Cockerill

Arbitration – Recognition and enforcement of award – Tribunal ruling in favour of jurisdiction over claim against Russia – Challenge to award on jurisdictional grounds dismissed by the Dutch courts – Whether Dutch ruling created issue estoppel in English enforcement proceedings – State Immunity Act 1978 – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 31.