Lower Court Judgment
23/10/2014 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal) (Bathurst CJ, Beazley P, Basten JA)
Catchwords
Recognition, effect and enforcement of foreign judgments – enforcement of foreign judgments – Foreign States immunity – Where appellant is the holder of bonds issued by an entity which was guaranteed by the government of Nauru – where the bond issuer and guarantor defaulted – Where appellant recovered a judgment in Japan equivalent to 31 million Australian dollars – Whether s 9 of the Foreign States Immunities Act 1985 (Cth) renders first respondent immune to an application to the Court for an order for the registration of the foreign judgment under s 6 of the Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cth).
13/02/2015 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
27/02/2015 Notice of appeal
03/03/2015 Submitting appearance (Second Respondent)
20/03/2015 Written submissions (Appellant)
20/03/2015 Chronology (Appellant)
20/04/2015 Written submissions (First Respondent)
27/04/2015 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth seeking leave to intervene)
11/05/2015 Reply
01/06/2015 Summons seeking leave to file Notice of Contention (First Respondent)
02/09/2015 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio visual recording)
03/09/2015 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio visual recording)
02/12/2015 Judgment (Judgment summary)
23/12/2015 Judgment