Estonia retains sovereign immunity in lawsuit involving state-owned airline
Written on June 14, 2013.
A government does not give up its sovereign immunity simply because it owns a majority interest in a commercial airline. In Bombardier Inc. v AS Estonian Air, 2013 ONSC 3039, the Superior Court of Ontario held that it lacks jurisdiction over the Republic of Estonia (the “Republic”) in a claim accusing its government of wrongful […]