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Qureshi v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Pakistan.  08 July 1981 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Sovereign immunity — Diplomatic immunity — Foreign State and its Trade Representation — Restrictive theory of immunity — Contract with U.S.S.R. and its Trade Representation — Action to recover outstanding commission on contract and damages for alleged breach of contract — Whether action defeated by claim of sovereign immunity — Pakistan Civil Procedure Code, Section 86 — Whether applicable to actions against foreign States — International law in general — Relation to municipal law — Effect of trade agreement between Pakistan and the U.S.S.R. — Effect of Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, and diplomatic certificate issued by Government of Pakistan — Whether the agreement, the Convention or the diplomatic certificate confers immunity from jurisdiction in a commercial and trade transaction — The law of Pakistan

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 1983

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