Conrades v. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Abstract

205Sovereign immunity — Foreign States — Consular employee — Citizen of receiving State — Contract of employment — Termination of — Action for re-instatetment — Whether foreign State entitled to jurisdictional immunity — Acts iure imperii and iure gestionis — Whether nature or purpose of activity is decisive factor — Which consular duties are of a sovereign nature — The law of the Federal Republic of Germany