Islamic Republic of Iran v Barakat Galleries Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A claim by a state to recover antiquities which formed part of its national heritage should not be shut out on the ground that an action whose object was to enforce the public law of another state should not be entertained.”
The Times, 7th January 2008
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