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INSOLVENCY
Kireeva (Appellant) v Bedzhamov (Respondent)
Case summary
Case ID
UKSC/2022/0037
Parties
Appellant(s)
Lyubov Andreevna Kireeva
Respondent(s)
Georgy Ivanovich Bedzhamov
Issue
Whether the Court has the jurisdiction/power to recognise a foreign bankruptcy at common law. This depends on the nature and effect of the choice of law rule of private international law known as the "immovables rule" that, as a matter of English law, a foreign Court has no jurisdiction to make orders in respect of land situated in England and that rights relating to such land are governed exclusively by English law ("Immovables Rule").
Facts
In 2018 a Court in Moscow declared the Respondent, Mr Bedzhamov bankrupt and approved the Appellant Ms Kireeva as his trustee in bankruptcy. By this time, he was living in England. In 2021, Ms Kireeva issued an application by which she sought the recognition at common law of the Russian bankruptcy order against Mr Bedzhamov, and of herself as Mr Bedzhamov' s bankruptcy trustee, and further seeking "orders for the entrustment of the Belgrave Square Property (and any other property of his in England) and that the Applicant will be able to question him in relation to the Belgrave Square Property". The "Belgrave Square Property" comprises 17 Belgrave Square and 17 Belgrave Mews in London.
Date of issue
16 February 2022
Judgment appealed
Judgment details
Judgment date
20 November 2024
Neutral citation
[2024] UKSC 39
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Judgment summary
20 November 2024
Appeal
Justices
Hearing dates
Full hearing
Start date
21 November 2023
End date
22 November 2023
Watch hearings
21 November 2023 - Morning session
21 November 2023 - Afternoon session
22 November 2023 - Morning session
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