Quebec Court of Appeal Rules on State Immunity From Pre-judgment Enforcement Measures: Does This Open the Door for a “Double Waiver”?
In Republic of India v CCDM Holdings (2024 QCCA 1620), the Quebec Court of Appeal (“the Court”) recently confirmed that India had waived its immunity from enforcement and reinstated a pre-judgment attachment of State assets which a first instance decision had previously quashed. Given creditors’ perennial efforts to have their awards enforced against States that…