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 …

Supreme Court gives reasoned judgment upholding anti-suit injunction in support of foreign-seated arbitration

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

Unfair prejudice petition: High Court continues interim injunction replacing director who breached sanctions legislation

Collateral use undertakings: High Court grants permission to disclose schedules to claim in response to foreign court order

Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses: High Court enforces exclusive element of clause by anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions

The High Court has allowed a bank's application for a final anti-suit injunction (ASI) and anti-enforcement injunction (AEI), aimed at restraining …

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

Supreme Court upholds anti-suit injunction in support of foreign-seated arbitration

Earlier this week the Supreme Court announced its decision in Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC, with the full judgment to follow. It dismissed …

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 …

Litigation funders not required to fortify cross-undertakings in dispute over enforceability of funding agreement

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 21: General update