Litigation Notes

Court of Appeal grants UniCredit's request to discharge final anti-suit injunction in its favour in order to avoid Russian court-imposed penalty

Commercial Court declares arbitral tribunal lacks jurisdiction following bank's invocation of asymmetric option clause

This is a rare example of the English court considering a clause that provides for arbitration with a unilateral option to require disputes to be heard …

High Court grants injunction to prevent enforcement of Russian anti-suit injunction and considers Russian law on exclusive jurisdiction over sanctioned persons

Anti-suit injunctions: High Court considers proper approach where facts relevant to jurisdiction disputed

High Court grants anti-suit and anti-anti-suit injunctions to restrain Russian proceedings brought by sanctioned parties

The High Court has granted an anti-suit injunction (ASI) to restrain sanctioned counterparties from bringing Russian court proceedings, in breach of a …

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 21: General update

Trilogy of decisions shows English courts' approach to granting anti-suit injunctions in support of foreign-seated arbitrations

The Court of Appeal and High Court have, in two separate cases, granted anti-suit injunctions (ASIs) restraining a Russian party from bringing …

Anti-suit injunction granted to protect English-domiciled employee's right to be sued only in English court and prevent US employer suing in New York

Anti-suit injunction refused for EU proceedings but granted for non-EU proceedings

In a recent decision, the High Court refused to grant an anti-suit injunction to restrain Cypriot court proceedings brought in breach of an …

Court of Appeal grants anti-suit injunction restraining US proceedings brought against employee by US parent company under exclusive US jurisdiction agreement

The Court of Appeal has given a wide interpretation to the meaning of 'employer' in the recast Brussels Regulation (No 1215/2012), holding that a company …

Court of Appeal upholds award of damages for breach of English jurisdiction agreement

The Court of Appeal has held that it did not infringe EU law to bring a claim for damages for breach of a settlement agreement, and the jurisdiction …

Jurisdiction clause in bank's terms interpreted as granting exclusive jurisdiction to English courts in claims by hedge fund

The High Court has interpreted a jurisdiction clause as granting exclusive jurisdiction to the English courts in respect of claims made by a hedge fund. …