Kuwait wealth fund’s diplomatic immunity challenged in UK tribunal

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A UK employment tribunal has been told the London-based Kuwait Investment Office cannot rely on state or diplomatic immunity because the sovereign wealth fund is a “separate legal entity” and not part of Kuwait’s diplomatic mission.

The KIO is challenging a June 2020 decision that it hand over “potentially highly sensitive” documents by arguing it has immunity and is protected by the Vienna Convention on…