AIG Capital Partners Inc. and Another v. Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

Award — Arbitration — International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes — ICSID Convention, Article 55 — Application for enforcement of arbitration award in United Kingdom courts — Order against assets — Central bank of foreign State — State immunity — Whether property of central bank immune from enforcement proceedings — United Kingdom State Immunity Act 1978, Sections 13(2)(b) and 14(4) — Interpretation of Section 14(4) — Whether contrary to right of access to a court — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 6(1) — United Kingdom Human Rights Act 1998, Section 3(1) — Whether contrary to right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions — First Protocol to European Convention, Article 1