London High Court Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/london-high-court/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 London High Court Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/london-high-court/ 32 32 Boris Becker claims diplomatic immunity in bankruptcy case https://jjcornish.com/2018/06/boris-becker-claims-diplomatic-immunity-in-bankruptcy-case/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/06/boris-becker-claims-diplomatic-immunity-in-bankruptcy-case/ Three time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker is fighting to claim diplomatic immunity from his ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. And he’s  his role as a sports ambassador for the Central African Republic to do so. Boris Becker declared bankruptcy last year in the hope of clearing  his nearly one billion rands  worth of debt. But he’s back […]

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]]> Three time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker is fighting to claim diplomatic immunity from his ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.

And he’s  his role as a sports ambassador for the Central African Republic to do so.

Boris Becker declared bankruptcy last year in the hope of clearing  his nearly one billion rands  worth of debt.

But he’s back in the London High Court claiming his appointment as a sporting, cultural and humanitarian affairs attache for the Central African Republic gives him immunity.

According to the 1961 Vienna Convention, Becker is not bound by legal processes in the courts of any country for so long as he remains a recognised diplomatic agent.

It means he will only have to pay his debts if the Central African Republic give their consent to debt collectors.

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