Litigation Notes

Freezing orders: applicants (including liquidators) face high hurdle to justify cap on cross-undertaking in damages

The Court of Appeal has set aside a freezing order obtained by a provisional liquidator within winding up proceedings, on the basis that the …

English court orders crypto exchange to transfer assets into England and Wales to facilitate enforcement of judgment

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 19: General update

High Court sets aside interim proprietary injunction against cryptocurrency exchange Binance

The High Court has discharged an interim proprietary injunction against the cryptocurrency exchange Binance which required it to preserve certain …

Flexible approach applied in granting preliminary injunction to prevent party harassing opponent's solicitors

In a recent decision, the High Court has upheld a decision granting a novel injunction which prohibited a defendant from abusing, harassing, assaulting …

Court of Appeal confirms refusal of anti-suit injunction to restrain US s.1782 discovery application in libel proceedings

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision refusing to grant an anti-suit injunction to restrain a US s.1782 discovery application seeking evidence in …

High Court refuses anti-suit injunction to restrain US s.1782 discovery application in relation to English libel proceedings

High Court considers application of gateways for service out of the jurisdiction to cryptoassets removed from the jurisdiction

Anti-suit injunction granted restraining proceedings in an EU member state

The Commercial Court has granted an anti-suit injunction restraining Belgian proceedings brought in breach of an exclusive English jurisdiction clause: …

Article published - Injunctions against “Persons Unknown”: uncertain territory

A recent High Court decision has highlighted a number of issues relating to injunctions against "Persons Unknown", and specifically the fact that these …

High Court grants freezing injunction in relation to stolen non-fungible tokens (NFTs)

Adding to the run of recent cases involving fraud or theft of cryptoassets, the High Court has granted an order restraining "persons unknown" from …

Privy Council restatement of the law on freezing and other interim injunctions

In a recent judgment, the Privy Council has delivered a “ground-breaking exposition of the law of injunctions” (in the words of the Master of the Rolls), …