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Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Case [2006] UKHL 26 14 June 2006

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AGLC: Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26
Case: [2006] UKHL 26
Decision Date: 14 June 2006

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Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26

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Mohamed v Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation [2021] NZHC 512
Citation 1 (Para 26)

…tive statement available on the current international understanding of the limits of state immunity in civil cases”: see Jones v Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26 at [26].…
Young v Attorney-General [2018] NZCA 307
Citation 2 (Para 2)

…n Holland v Lampen-Wolfe [2000] 1 WLR 1573, 1588, and it seems to me persuasive. [37] Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26, [2007] 1 AC 270 at [14].…
Attorney-General v Leason HC Wellington CIV-2010-485-1940 [2011] NZHC 1053
Citation 3 (Para 62)

…val in Buttes Gas & Oil Co v Hammer (No.3) [1982] A.C. 888 (HL) at 933, see also Fang v Jiang [2007] NZAR 420 (HC) at [62]-[64], Jones v Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 A.C. 270.…
Zhang v Zemin [2010] NSWCA 255
Citation 4

…ayner (Mincing Lane) Ltd v Department of Trade and Industry [1989] 3 WLR 969; [1989] 1 Ch 72 Jones v Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270 Jones v Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia [2004] EWCA Civ 1394; [2005] 2 WLR 808 Juan Ysmael v Government of the Republic of Indonesian [1955…
Zhang v Zemin [2007] NSWSC 229
Citation 5

…TED: FAI Insurances Ltd (in Liquidation) v Mainprize [2006] NSWSC 554 Jones v Ministry Al-Mamlaka Al-Arabiya AS Saudiya (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) [2006] UKHL 26 Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc vFay (1988) 165 CLR 197 Prince v Federal Republic of GermanyDC Ct.App. ILR 103 Regie Nationale de Usines Ren…
Argentum Exploration Ltd (Respondent) v Republic of South Africa (Appellant) [2024] UKSC 16
Citation 6

…stry of Defence [2003] UKHL 4; [2003] 1 AC 1163 per Lord Millett at paras 101-106 ; Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270 per Lord Bingham of Cornhill at para 14.) We see great force in the view expressed by Lord Bingham in Jones :…
R (AB) v Secretary of State for Justice [2021] UKSC 28
Citation 7

…treaty. 66. In Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs intervening) [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270, para 23, Lord Bingham considered a submission based on a report by CAT, which is a body of a similar kind to the CRC, and stated: “But the co…
General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd (Respondent) v State of Libya (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 22
Citation 8

…law on state immunity. In Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs intervening) [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270, Lord Bingham of Cornhill observed (at para 26) that the UNCSI was, despite its embryonic status, “the most authoritative statement…
R v Reeves Taylor (AP) (Appellant) v Crown Prosecution Service (Respondent) [2019] UKSC 51
Citation 9

…he Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs intervening) (“Jones v Saudi Arabia”) [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270 where Lord Hoffmann observed (at para 63) : “It is not for a national court to ‘develop’ international law by unilaterally adopting a version of that law…
R (on the application of a and B) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) [2017] UKSC 41
Citation 10

…e authority of their recommendations is slight: see Jones v Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26, [2007] 1 AC 270, para 23, Lord Bingham of Cornhill. At its highest one can say only that there is a trend in some of the international material to which the current law in Northern Irela…
Belhaj v Straw [2017] UKSC 3
Citation 11

…es v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitution Affairs intervening) (“Jones v Saudi Arabia”) [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270. b) that article 6 of the Convention rights scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998 is engaged by and renders impermissible in the present…
A and B, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health (Rev 1) [2017] UKSC 41
Citation 12

…, as a matter of international law, the authority of their recommendations is slight: see Jones v Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26, [2007] 1 AC 270, para 23, Lord Bingham of Cornhill. At its highest one can say only that there is a trend in some of the international material to w…
AB, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2021] UKSC 28
Citation 13

…66. In Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs intervening) [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270, para 23, Lord Bingham considered a submission based on a report by CAT, which is a body of a similar kind to the CRC, and stated:…
Argentum Exploration Ltd v Republic of South Africa [2024] UKSC 16
Citation 14

…; Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270 per Lord Bingham of Cornhill at para 14.) We see great force in the view expressed by Lord Bingham in Jones : "Based on the old principle par in parem non habet imperium , the rule of international law is not that a…
Basfar v Wong [2022] UKSC 20
Citation 15

…have been superseded in any part by a Convention dealing with the rights of children. Still more difficult is it to conclude that that has been achieved in so sensitive an area, where the very purpose is to send diplomats and their families abroad safely, and entrust them to the compliance with the VCDR by the r…
Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors (Rev 1) [2017] UKSC 3
Citation 16

…in Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitution Affairs intervening) ("Jones v Saudi Arabia") [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270.…
General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd v State of Libya [2021] UKSC 22
Citation 17

…law on state immunity. In Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs intervening) [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270, Lord Bingham of Cornhill observed (at para 26) that the UNCSI was, despite its embryonic status, “the most authoritative statement…
The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) v Costantine [2025] UKSC 9
Citation 18

…In Jones v Ministry of the Interior of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270 Lord Bingham observed (at para 24):…
Smith, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Defence & Anor [2010] UKSC 29
Citation 19

…Arabia [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270 (the position relating to torture not being relevant on this appeal) and, under general international law, para 137 of Oppenheim (para 187 above). No such general immunity today exists under English law as between the United Kingdom and those within its territory or having…
Taylor, R. v (Rev 1) [2019] UKSC 51
Citation 20

…Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs intervening) (“Jones v Saudi Arabia”) [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270 where Lord Hoffmann observed (at para 63) :…
Boru Hatlari AS & Ors v Tepe Insaat Sanayii AS (Jersey) [2018] UKPC 31
Citation 21

…ies; (iii) although the absence in it of any torture or jus cogens exception was in Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270, para 26 treated as an authoritative statement on the then current international understanding of the limits of immunity in respect of…

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