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Argentinian lawyer mocks UK’s sovereignty claim in Falklands oil case
UK News•November 11, 2026 at 4:05 PMNational

Argentinian lawyer mocks UK’s sovereignty claim in Falklands oil case

By Daniel Boffey in Hamburg•The Guardian - UK News

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...

Lawyer says Britain wrong to believe in historic doctrine that crown has sovereignty over parts of oceans

Britain 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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