Re an Application by Ernst Jaakson and Aarand Roos

Abstract

States — Continuity — Recognition — Estonia — Annexation by USSR in 1940 — Recognition by United Kingdom that Republic of Estonia had de facto ceased to exist — Whether Estonia continuing to exist de jure — Whether State can exist de jure but not de facto — Annexation not recognized at all by the United States — Ownership of Estonian State property in the United Kingdom — Whether anyone authorized to act on behalf of Estonia — Developments in Estonia — Possible re-emergence of Estonian State — Relationship of such State with pre-1940 Republic of Estonia

Governments — Recognition — Continued existence of State in absence of government — Estonia — Policy of United Kingdom — Recognition of de facto incorporation into USSR — Whether anyone authorized to act on behalf of Estonia

Recognition — States — Effects of recognition — Recognition de facto and de jure — Recognition of governments

Diplomatic relations — Diplomatic representatives — Authority to appoint — Estonia — Death of last diplomatic representative accredited to United Kingdom prior to annexation of Estonia — Whether any entity authorized to appoint new diplomatic representatives — Estonian Consul-General in United States — Whether entitled to act on behalf of Estonia in the United Kingdom — Diplomatic premises — Property used for Estonian Legation in United Kingdom — Proceeds of sale — Possible future use — The law of England