Bulli v. Foreign and Commonwealth Office of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Abstract

Sovereign immunity — Foreign States — Consular employee — Citizen of receiving State employed as commercial officer — Contract of employment — Termination of — Action for unlawful dismissal — Whether foreign State entitled to jurisdictional immunity — Classification of employment relationship — Acts iure imperii and iure gestionis — Whether export promotion by foreign State a sovereign activity — The law of Italy