“…s for the court to seek a formal statement of HMG’s position. The practice was described by Viscount Finlay in Duff Development Co Ltd v Government of Kelantan [1924] AC 797, 813:…”
“…Again this is well established by authority. I need only cite two cases.In Duff Development Co Ltd v Government of Kelantan [1924] AC 797, the relevant issue was whether the terms of the recognition by HMG of the status of Kelantan, a territory on the Malayan peninsular, was such as to confer sov…”