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Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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ARGENTUM EXPLORATION LTD v REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

[2024] 1 Lloyd's Rep 585

UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT

Before Lord Lloyd-Jones,Lord Briggs,Lord Hamblen,Lord Leggatt,Lord Richards

Salvage – Sovereign immunity – Salvaged silver bars – Customary international law – Meaning of phrase “in use or intended for use for commercial purposes” in relation to cargo – State Immunity Act 1978, sections 10 and 13 – International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules concerning the Immunity of State-owned Ships 1926 (Brussels Convention), articles 1 to 3.

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