Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995

Court of Appeal: English law governs tort claims for mistreatment at CIA “black sites”

March 29, 2022 James Beeton Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995

In Zubaydah v Foreign And Commonwealth Office & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 334, the Court of Appeal considered which law should apply to tort claims against the State based on the Claimant’s extreme mistreatment and torture at “black sites” at the hands of the CIA between 2002 and 2006. Lane J had held that the…

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