Litigation involving foreign states

14/09/2009

The Commonwealth Attorney General's Department has identified a number of instances in which litigation involving foreign states has not adhered to the provisions of the Foreign States Immunities Act 1985 (Cth). In order to ensure that all legal practitioners are aware of the Act, particularly the procedures for service of initiating process on foreign states, and the subsequent conduct of proceedings under the Act, the AG's Department has updated and distributed an information paper on the subject and published on its web site a page on foreign state immunity.

**14 September 2009� **