Arbitration Notes

Hold On To Your Seats! English Court Clarifies Jurisdictional Gateway for ASIs

A recent English Commercial Court decision partially discharging interim relief highlights the jurisdictional hurdles faced by parties seeking ASIs in …

Hong Kong court grants anti-suit relief against sanctioned Russian bank

German bank obtains injunctions to restrain Russian court proceedings commenced in breach of HKIAC arbitration agreement; argument that court lacked …

Standing firm: UK Supreme Court backs arbitration in UniCredit v RusChemAlliance

The decision in UniCredit v RusChemAlliance shows the Court's strong support for arbitration agreements

Hong Kong court upholds anti-suit injunction granted by arbitrator

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has dismissed a challenge to an interim order granted by an arbitrator to restrain court proceedings in mainland …

English Commercial Court refuses to issue anti-suit injunction for Paris arbitration in the case of SQD v QYP

In SQD v QYP [2023] EWHC 2145 (Comm), the English Commercial Court refused to issue an anti-suit injunction (ASI) and anti-enforcement injunction to stop …

DIFC Court provides further guidance on anti-suit injunctions in respect of "on-shore" Dubai Court Proceedings

Summary Nearly two years after the DIFC Court granted an anti-suit injunction in Multiplex Constructions LLC v Elemec Electromechanical Contracting LLC …

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL ALLOWS PARTIES TO CONTRACT OUT OF MANDATORY JURISDICTION IMPOSED BY THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT 1991 (CTH)

In a recent decision, the Australian Federal Court of Appeal refused an anti-suit injunction which sought to prevent the commencement of arbitral …

English Commercial Court grants a final anti-suit injunction despite 13 month delay

In Africa Finance Corp and others v Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Ltd [2022] EWHC 768 (Comm), the English Commercial Court ruled that a 13 month delay in …

HONG KONG COURT GRANTS INTERIM ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION IN FAVOUR OF ARBITRATION TO RESTRAIN COURT PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THIRD PARTY

In GM1 and GM2 v KC [2019] HKCFI 2793, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance granted an interim anti-suit injunction restraining mainland Chinese court …

High Court grants anti-suit injunction, having found that the parties to an insurance policy had agreed to arbitration despite a Service of Suit clause

In Hiscox Dedicated Corporate Member v Weyerhaeuser Co [2019] EWHC 2671 (Comm), the High Court (the English Court) continued an anti-suit injunction …

HONG KONG: COURT GRANTS ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS IN BREACH OF AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT UNDER AN INSURANCE POLICY

In the recent case of AIG Insurance Hong Kong Ltd v Lynn McCullough and William McCullough [2019] HKCFI 1649, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) …

ENGLISH COURT GRANTS ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION ORDERING THE DEFENDANT TO DISCONTINUE ITS CLAIM IN A NEW YORK COURT UNDER A D&O INSURANCE POLICY