“…nnot be resolved without determining it …” Lord Lloyd-Jones preferred the formulation adopted by Rix LJ in Yukos Capital Sarl v OJSC Rosneft Oil Company (No.2) [2012] EWCA Civ 855; [2014] QB 458 at paragraph 109, where it was said that the foreign Acts of State in issue must lie at the heart of the case and must not be “merely ancillary …”
“…ing supported the Maduro regime. Investigation of such matters was not precluded by the act of state principle (Yukos Capital Sarl v OJSC Rosneft Oil Co (No 2) [2012] EWCA Civ 855, [2014] QB 458).…”
“…eir own jurisdiction. In the context of art V(2) of the Convention it is the local concern of each country: see Yukos Capital Sarl v OJSC Rosneft Oil Co (No 2) [2012] EWCA Civ 855; [2014] 1 QB 458. So, in this case, Knowles J was not deterred, when giving permission in 2017 to amend the State’s challenge to the enforcement order in this …”