Jurisdiction — Immunities from — Foreign States — Counter-claim against State.

Treaties — Operation in Time of War — Treaty of 1905 on Civil Procedure — Enemy Occupation.

Aliens — Refugees — Refugee status — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — Political asylum — United Kingdom Immigration Rules — Interpretation — Well-founded fear of “persecution” — Effect of allegation of injurious action and oppression — The law of England

Diplomatic relations — Immunity — Family of diplomatic agent — Transit through third State — Immunity from criminal jurisdiction — Wife of diplomatic agent travelling separately from her husband — Scope of immunity — Waiver — Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961 — Articles 40(1) and 32 — The law of Belgium

Jurisdiction — Personal — Over nationals in respect of crimes committed abroad — Non-extraditable offence punishable only in State where committed — The law of Switzerland.

Human rights — Freedom from discrimination — Sex discrimination — Whether unconstitutional — Citizenship laws — Determination of citizenship by patrilineal descent — Inability of mother to pass citizenship to child if married to father of child — Whether sex discrimination — Right to equal protection of law

Nationality — Descent — Nationality conferred only upon those whose fathers were nationals — Whether discriminatory — Whether contrary to fundamental human rights

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Aid to interpretation of constitutional provisions — Treaties not incorporated into domestic law — Whether only to be referred to where constitutional provisions ambiguous — Whether domestic laws to be interpreted in accordance with State’s international obligations — The law of Botswana

International Law — Relation to Municipal Law — Construction of Statutes — Defence Legislation — Extra-territorial Operation of — Law of India.

Visiting Forces — Jurisdiction over — Offences Committed Abroad — Whether Exercise of Jurisdiction by Home State Contrary to International Law.

Jurisdiction — Over Nationals Abroad — Legislation for Defence Purposes — India — International Law — Relation to Municipal Law — Construction of Statutes.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Foreign armed forces — Civil jurisdiction of receiving State — United States forces stationed in Spain — Act of United States serviceman in performance of official duties — Claim brought by private individual for damages arising from act — Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Spain and the United States, 1976

State responsibility — Acts and omissions of State organs and officials — Whether receiving State responsible for acts of visiting forces — Conditions for liability — Requirement of direct cause and effect relationship between act or omission and damage suffered — Moral damage caused by disclosure of confidential document sent by United States Naval Hospital to Spanish health authorities — Disclosure of document by local policeman — Whether giving rise to liability of Spanish Ministry of Defence — The law of Spain

Warfare on Land — Occupation of Enemy Territory — Judicial Functions of the Occupant — Sentence by Military Tribunal — How far res judicata in National Court.

State Succession — Private Rights — American Annexation of Hawaii.

Sovereign immunity — Foreign States — Capacity to sue in the United States courts — Whether a foreign State a “person” entitled to sue for treble damages under the United States antitrust laws — Immunity from suit of foreign State — Effect of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — The law of the United States

International organization — International officials — Scope of authority of — Secretary — General of United Nations — Authority to institute legal proceedings — The law of Canada.

International organization — The United Nations — The Secretary-General — Authority to institute proceedings on behalf of United Nations — Action for recovery of money — The law of Canada.

Federal States — Right of State Members of Federal States to Fix the Limit of Territorial Waters.

Boundaries — In General — Right of Member State of Federal State to Fix the Limits of Territorial Waters.

Territorial Waters — Jurisdiction in — Breadth of the Maritime Belt — Nine-Mile Limit.

Recognition — Implied Recognition — Closing of Legations.

Annexation — Effect upon Nationality — Persons Born Outside Annexed Territory.

Nationality — Conception of — “Natives” — The Law of the United States.

Nationality — Effect of Annexation — Persons Born Outside Annexed Territory.

Alien Enemies — “Natives” of Enemy State — The Law of the United States.

Recognition — Of Annexation — Recognition by the United States of German Annexation of Austria — Closing of Legation — Whether Constituting Implied Recognition — Alien Enemies — “Natives” of Enemy State — Persons Born Outside the Annexed Territory

Treaties — Operation of — Warsaw Convention relating to International Carriage by Air, 1929 (Article 22) — Interpretation of municipal legislation giving effect to Convention — Discrepancy between official text of Convention and English translation — Carriage by Air Act, 1932 — Whether limitation of liability of carrier excluded by lack of particulars in air consignment note — The law of England.

States as international persons — State succession — Respect for private rights — Merger of states — Maintenance grants made by the former ruler — Whether binding on successor — Acts of State — The jurisdiction of the municipal courts — Continuity of the law — The Constitution of India — The law of India

Sovereign immunity — Foreign States — Execution and attachment of property of foreign State — Availability under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Whether pre-judgment attachment designed to secure jurisdiction in rem available in a case in which Court had jurisdiction in personam — The law of the United States

International organization — Officials — Upgrading of officials — Within-grade salary increase — Improper motives.

State immunity — Subject-matter jurisdiction — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 (“FSIA”) — Doctrine of Head of State immunity — Act of State doctrine — Whether court having subject-matter jurisdiction over defendants — Whether President of United Arab Emirates entitled to immunity — Whether estate of former ruler of Emirate of Dubai entitled to immunity — Whether brother of current ruler of Dubai entitled to immunity — Whether Dubai defendants’ personal holding companies entitled to immunity — Whether court having personal jurisdiction over Dubai defendants

States — Whether Dubai independent State — Whether Dubai having defining characteristics of independent State under international law — Whether recognized by United States of America — Whether political subdivision of United Arab Emirates — The law of the United States of America

International Court of Justice — Provisional measures of protection — Criteria — Prima facie basis for jurisdiction — Plausibility of rights — Link between rights to be protected and measures sought — Risk of irreparable harm — Court free to order different measures from those requested — Binding nature of provisional measures — Relationship between measures and proceedings before different international tribunal — Seizure by one party to arbitration of legal documents from legal adviser of other party — Whether plausible right to confidentiality — Whether need to protect — Undertaking by Attorney-General of seizing State — Presumption of good faith — Whether undertaking affording sufficient protection — Power to modify Order for Provisional Measures — Rules of Court, Article 76 — Removal of case from List

International tribunals — Conduct of proceedings — Good faith — Equality of parties — Confidentiality of communications between party and its legal advisers — Seizure by other party of material resulting from those communications — Whether contrary to international law — Seized material relating to arbitration between two States — Material having national security implications for seizing State — Whether material concerning commission of criminal offence by former official of seizing State

General principles of international law — Confidentiality of communications between State and its legal advisers — Seizure by other State of material resulting from such communications — Legal professional privilege — Sovereign equality of States — Equality of parties in international litigation — Good faith