Three Part Series: UK Freezing Orders Against A Foreign State, Part Two

First Tuesday Update is our monthly take on current issues in commercial disputes, international arbitration, and judgment enforcement. Today's update is the second in a three-part series that examines whether English courts can issue a worldwide freezing order against a foreign state in support of efforts to enforce an arbitral award or foreign judgment.

Last month, we looked at the procedure in England to enforce arbitral awards and foreign judgments against foreign states (link). Today, we consider whether the rules on state immunity from execution bar the grant of a worldwide freezing order against a state. Our next update will then consider the principles that otherwise govern the grant of such orders.