- Juan Carlos I, former king of Spain.
- ‘Functional immunity’ with regard to alleged campaign of harassment.
- Court of Appeal overturns first-instance decision.
They say that nothing is certain in litigation and doubtless the ‘Great British Public’ would be amazed by the frequency, if not quite the abandon, with which appellate courts overturn the decisions of their brother and sister judges at first instance. As a consequence, eagle-eyed legal commentators must constantly scan the law reports and the trade press for clues that any judgment about which they have written might be subject to appeal. Where necessary, the record must be corrected to reflect the appeal court’s ruling.
A striking illustration of this phenomenon occurred in Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn v HM Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón [2022] EWCA Civ 1595, [2022] All ER (D) 52 (Dec), where the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, overturned the first-instance decision on whether Juan Carlos I (pictured), the former king
