6 Jan 2012
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND OTHERS v. FG HEMISPHERE ASSOCIATES LLC
- Citation
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND OTHERS v. FG HEMISPHERE ASSOCIATES LLC
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV5/2010
The Court held that the China Railway defendants had standing to argue state immunity because they were joined to secure entry fees and had an interest in preventing judicial interference with the implementation of the relevant agreements; accordingly their costs relating to the state immunity argument should not be disallowed. FG Hemisphere was ordered to pay the costs of the DRC and the China Railway defendants on a party-and-party basis and the sums in court standing to the credit of the China Railway defendants were ordered released to their solicitors; other costs orders below remain und…