Topic: Anti-suit injunction
Singapore court refuses to restrain bauxite litigation in Guinea
The Singapore High Court has refused to restrain a local commodities trader from pursuing litigation in Guinea over a failed bauxite trading arrangement or compel it to participate in an arbitration.
24 October 2024
Anti-suit injunction discharged in African telecoms dispute
An English court has partially discharged an anti-suit injunction that prevented a company from fighting an African telecoms dispute through court proceedings in Liberia because of an ICC arbitration clause, after the ICC Court ruled the seat of arbitration was Toronto, not London.
17 October 2024
Hong Kong court hits Russian bank with anti-suit injunction
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has restrained a Russian state-owned bank from pursuing litigation in St Petersburg against its German subsidiary in defiance of an HKIAC arbitration clause.
15 October 2024
DIFC Courts address abolition of DIFC-LCIA
In the first case before the DIFC Courts to consider the abolition of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, a judge has continued an injunction restraining litigation filed in Sharjah in breach of an agreement to arbitrate at the defunct institution. Lawyers at Stephenson Harwood in Dubai, who acted for the successful claimant, report.
08 October 2024
UK Supreme Court gives reasons for Gazprom injunction
The UK Supreme Court has provided its reasons for upholding an anti-suit injunction restraining a Gazprom affiliate from pursuing litigation in Russia in breach of a Paris-seated ICC arbitration agreement.
18 September 2024
US appeals court rules against Spain in fight over intra-EU awards
In a closely watched case, a US appeals court has ruled that district courts have jurisdiction to enforce three intra-EU Energy Charter Treaty awards against Spain – while overturning anti-suit injunctions issued against the state.
19 August 2024
Russian court grants billion-dollar asset freeze against German contractor
A Russian court has allowed a Gazprom affiliate to freeze US$1.15 billion in assets owned by Germany’s Linde in a dispute over a stalled gas processing project – months after ordering the engineering group to discontinue a parallel HKIAC arbitration.
15 August 2024
Ukrainian businessman seeks to refer RICO case to arbitration
An embattled Ukrainian businessman has again asked a US court to stay a US investment manager’s racketeering case and refer their dispute over egg production businesses to LCIA arbitration.
19 July 2024
UK Supreme Court upholds injunction against Gazprom venture
The UK Supreme Court has dismissed a Gazprom joint venture’s challenge to an English anti-suit injunction that was granted to support a Paris-seated ICC arbitration agreement.
23 April 2024
UK Supreme Court hears Gazprom venture’s appeal over anti-suit relief
The UK Supreme Court has heard a Gazprom joint venture’s challenge to an English anti-suit injunction that was granted to support a Paris-seated ICC arbitration agreement.
19 April 2024