DIFC Court addresses State Immunity & Riyadh Convention
October 18, 2017
In a claim to enforce arbitral awards of over US$2 billion, Pearl Petroleum Company Limited & Others v The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq [2017] DIFC ARB 003, the DIFC Courts gave an important judgment on both waiver of state immunity in the DIFC and service via international treaties. Michael Black QC and Arshad Ghaffar acted for the Defendant. Tom Stewart Coats reports on the judgment and its potential implications.
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