File E. Harding, C. Brit , P. Mavrommatis, a Greek national, under agreements signed between him and the City of Jerusalem on January 27th, , respecting certain works to be carried out at Jerusalem, which concessions the Court had, by Judgment No. Mavrommatis on the preceding May 5th, and by thus preventing the putting into execution of the concessionary contracts concluded on February 25th, , in substitution for those of the validity of which the Court recognized by Judgment No.
Mavrommatis on the preceding May 5th, and by thus preventing the putting into execution of the concessionary contracts concluded on February 25th, , the British Government, in its capacity as Mandatory for Palestine, has not complied with its international obligations under Article 11 of the Mandate; " 2 That by these delays and by the hostility displayed towards him by certain British authorities - which delays and hostility were due to Mr.
Rutenberg's opposition - it was rendered materially and morally impossible for M. Mavrommatis to obtain the financing of his concessions and that he has thus unjustly suffered damage, for the reparation of which the British Government must pay him compensation; " 3 That having regard to the whole of the damage sustained by M.
On August 9th, , that Government, which as from June 7th, , had had at its disposal the Greek Case in the suit, filed with the Registry of the Court, in conformity with Articles 34 and 38 of the Statute, a Preliminary Objection to the Court's jurisdiction, in which it submitted that the Court had no jurisdiction and "asked the Court to dismiss the claim of the Greek Government upon this ground".
In the Reply which was accordingly filed by it to that objection, the Greek Government, "being convinced that the stand-point of the British Government is inadmissible in every respect", asks the Court to "declare the objection to the jurisdiction to be ill-founded", to "dismiss it" and to "reserve the case for judgment on the merits".
