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[[File:Percy and Queenie.png|thumb|[[Percy, who's Queen?]]]] | |||
Why would an entity — regardless of its absolute executive power — think it should ever be entitled to claim immunity from suit on a commercial contract? | |||
There is ''no'' good reason, except “[[Percy, who’s Queen?]]”. | |||
The [[Sovereign Immunity Act 1978]]<ref>https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/33</ref>, which provides (among other things) that a State is not immune as respects proceedings relating to a commercial transaction entered into by the State; or an obligation of the State which by virtue of a contract (whether a commercial transaction or not) falls to be performed wholly or partly in the United Kingdom. | The [[Sovereign Immunity Act 1978]]<ref>https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/33</ref>, which provides (among other things) that a State is not immune as respects proceedings relating to a commercial transaction entered into by the State; or an obligation of the State which by virtue of a contract (whether a commercial transaction or not) falls to be performed wholly or partly in the United Kingdom. | ||