Société Nationals des Tabacs et Allumettes v. Chaussois and Others

Abstract

44Sovereign immunity — Foreign States and State-controlled corporations — Contract of employment — Termination of — Action for wrongful dismissal — Whether foreign company under State control entitled to jurisdictional immunity — Acts iure gestionis and iure imperii — Franco-Algerian Protocol on judicial matters, 1962, Article 17 — The law of France