“…e territory concerned. As to this, the judge held that, leaving aside cases where the issue of lawfulness arises only incidentally (cf. Attorney General v Buck [1965] Ch 745), the act of state principle applies regardless of whether the act concerned is unlawful or null and void under the law of the state concerned.…”
“…state, at least where that is not the purpose of the proceedings. Support for that view is to be found in the judgment of Diplock LJ in Buck v Attorney General [1965] Ch 745, 770, and of Arden and Elias LJJ in Al-Jedda v Secretary of State for Defence [2011] QB 773 at paras 74 and 189 respectively.…”