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Allianz SpA v West Tankers Inc (The Front Comor) (Case C-185/07)

Case C-185/07; [2009] ECR I-663; [2009] 1 AC 1138

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Justice of the European Communities (Grand Chamber) (on reference from the House of Lords)

Year2009

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

It is incompatible with the Brussels I Regulation for a member-state court to grant an anti-suit injunction restraining a person from pursuing proceedings in another member-state court on the ground that those proceedings breach an arbitration agreement.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure, Conflicts & Arbitration

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