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13 June 2013
Issue: 7564 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Sovereign immunity

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Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others [2013] EWCA Civ 642, [2013] All ER (D) 81 (Jun)

Section 20(1)(b) of the State Immunity Act 1978 provided: “… the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 shall apply to: (a) a sovereign or other head of state; (b) members of his family forming part of his household...” There was no interpretational basis for giving the phrase ‘members of his family forming part of his household’ a wider meaning in relation to heads of state than in relation to diplomats. It was clear that Parliament did not think s 20 used the household concept more widely in relation to heads of state than to diplomats.

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