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Maduro can’t apply Venezuelan rulings in €1bn gold dispute

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Published on: 03 July 2023
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Law360: The Court of Appeal decided 30 June 2023 that rulings made by judges in Venezuela cannot be recognised by courts hearing a dispute in England over who controls more than US$1.1bn of the country's gold reserves stored in the Bank of England.

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