State immunity: outsourced consular activities fall outside "commercial purposes" exception (Commercial Court) | Practical Law

State immunity: outsourced consular activities fall outside "commercial purposes" exception (Commercial Court) | Practical Law

In LR Avionics Technologies Ltd v The Federal Republic of Nigeria and another [2016] EWHC 1761 (Comm), the English Commercial Court considered the "commercial purposes" exception under the State Immunity Act 1978.

State immunity: outsourced consular activities fall outside "commercial purposes" exception (Commercial Court)

by Karen Maxwell, 20 Essex Street
Published on 20 Jul 2016England, Wales
In LR Avionics Technologies Ltd v The Federal Republic of Nigeria and another [2016] EWHC 1761 (Comm), the English Commercial Court considered the "commercial purposes" exception under the State Immunity Act 1978.