Does Ratification of New York Convention Amount to Waiver of Sovereign Immunity? UK Court of Appeal Clarifies in Devas Award Enforcement Dispute
The present appeal concerned the interplay between the enforcement obligations under the New York Convention and the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The Court of Appeal examined whether a Contracting State, by ratifying the Convention, submits to the jurisdiction of English courts in enforcement proceedings and held that Article III preserves, rather than waives, State immunity.