Argentinian lawyer mocks UK’s sovereignty claim in Falklands oil case
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Key context: <p>Lawyer says Britain wrong to believe in historic doctrine that crown has sovereignty over parts of oceans</p><p>Britain should not be permitted to act as a 17th-century colonial power treating the waters around the Falkland Islands as a <em>Dominium maris Britannici</em>, Argentina has told an international tribunal.</p><p>Marcelo Kohen, representing Argentina at a hearing in Hamburg, mocked Britain for apparently believing in the historic doctrine that the British crown has sovereignty over expansive parts of the oceans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/11/argentine-lawyer-mocks-uk-sovereignty-claim-in-falklands-oil-case">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Lawyer says Britain wrong to believe in historic doctrine that crown has sovereignty over parts of oceansBritain should not be permitted to act as a 17th-century colonial power treating the waters around the Falkland Islands as a Dominium maris Britannici, Argentina has told an international tribunal.Marcelo Kohen, representing Argentina at a hearing in Hamburg, mocked Britain for apparently believing in the historic doctrine that the British crown has sovereignty over expansive parts of the oceans. Continue reading...
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