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War may be hell but it’s a godsend for litigators. Having previously ruled on the threshold questions of effective service of the writ and State immunity, and then in respect of an allegation of perjured evidence, the House of Lords was called on in Kuwait Airways Corporation v. Iraqi Airways Compan...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cambridge law journal 2002-12, Vol.61 (3), p.499-544
1. Verfasser: O’Keefe, Roger
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:War may be hell but it’s a godsend for litigators. Having previously ruled on the threshold questions of effective service of the writ and State immunity, and then in respect of an allegation of perjured evidence, the House of Lords was called on in Kuwait Airways Corporation v. Iraqi Airways Company (Nos. 4 & 5) [2002] UKHL 19, [2002] 2 W.L.R. 1353 to consider the merits of this complicated case arising out of Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait in August 1990.
ISSN:0008-1973
1469-2139
DOI:10.1017/S0008197302231700