The United Kingdom Court of Appeal today reviews the immunity of Juan Carlos I against Larsen

The Court of Appeals of the United Kingdom studies this Monday from 3:00 p.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
18 July 2022 Monday 02:50
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The United Kingdom Court of Appeal today reviews the immunity of Juan Carlos I against Larsen

The Court of Appeals of the United Kingdom studies this Monday from 3:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time) if it authorizes Juan Carlos I to appeal the decision of the British judge Matthew Nicklin not to recognize diplomatic immunity against the lawsuit filed by his former friend intimate Corinna Larsen for stalking, allowing it to run its course.

The hearing will finally be held after it was postponed on July 11. According to the court itself, the hearing was delayed so that both the King Emeritus's lawyers and those of Larsen could explain the reasons why, in their opinion, the former head of state should be authorized or prevented, respectively, from appealing the Nicklin's car.

It was on March 24 when Nicklin, a magistrate of the Superior Court of Justice, determined that Don Juan Carlos did not enjoy the diplomatic immunity conferred on him by the Head of State because when the events denounced by Larsen allegedly occurred, he had already abdicated. "There is only one King and one head of state in Spain and, since June 19, 2014, that is his son, King Felipe VI," he stressed.

To exemplify his idea, he explained that, if he listened to the defense arguments of Juan Carlos I, he could enter a Hatton Garden jewelry store and steal a diamond ring, without having to face any civil or criminal proceedings in this jurisdiction.