The State Immunity Act 1978

Andrew Dickinson, Professor of the Conflict of Laws and Fellow and Senior Tutor of St Catherineâs College, University of Oxford,Alexander Thompson, Barrister, Twenty Essex

Andrew Dickinson is Professor of the Conflict of Laws and a Fellow and Senior Tutor of St Catherine's College at the University of Oxford. He is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and a long-standing member of the UK Ministry of Justice's Advisory Committee on Private International Law (Mance Committee). Andrew is also one of the specialist editors of Dicey, Morris and Collins, The Conflict of Laws (16th edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 2022) with responsibility for chapters on the law applicable to contractual and non-contractual obligations.

Alexander Thompson is a barrister at Twenty Essex in London. He has an international and commercial law practice with particular specialisms in public international law, arbitration, and the conflict of laws. Alexander appears in arbitration and court proceedings in England and worldwide for and against governments, State-entities, international organisations, corporate clients, and individuals.