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Khan Resources v. Atomredmetzoloto: No Immunity for State-Owned Companies?

Khan Resources v. Atomredmetzoloto: No Immunity for State-Owned Companies?

Submitting to the jurisdiction of state courts instead of opting for arbitration may lead to unexpected difficulties when serving a statement of claim.  A lesson drawn from the recent Canadian case [2012 ONSC 1522] discussed below should give another reason why arbitration may be preferred to litigation in state courts. In 1995 Khan[i] embarked on […]