United Kingdom Leading Case breach of arbitration agreementexclusive forumrestraining foreign proceedings

Aggeliki Charis Compania Maritima SA v Pagnan SpA (The Angelic Grace)

[1995] 1 Lloyd's Rep 87 (CA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year1995

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Where foreign proceedings are brought in breach of an English arbitration (or exclusive jurisdiction) agreement, the court will ordinarily grant an anti-suit injunction to restrain them unless there is strong reason not to; no special caution is required.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure, Conflicts & Arbitration

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