Bank of Credit & Commerce International v The Charge D’Affairs of the Ivory Coast Embassy in Sierra Leone (No 1)

Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, 21 September 1983

In this case, the Supreme Court had to decide whether a court order for a bank to make payment to the plaintiff pending the outcome of an appeal ought to be stayed on the basis that the plaintiff was a foreign sovereign (the Ivory Coast), even though it had already submitted to the jurisdiction of Sierra Leone. Reported by Adbul Karim Koroma.

Read, print or share the full version: BCCI v The Charge D’Affairs of the Ivory Coast Embassy in Sierra Leone (No 1)

If you would like to provide editorial, case reporting or technical support to help us accelerate our publishing program please email us at ruleoflawpublishing@gmail.com