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Clearlake Shipping Pte Ltd v Xiang Da Marine Pte Ltd

[2019] EWHC 2284 (Comm)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Commercial Court (Queen's Bench Division)
Year2019
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The English court may grant an anti-suit injunction restraining foreign proceedings that are vexatious or oppressive because they are a procedural manoeuvre designed to evade an exclusive English jurisdiction clause, even where the foreign proceedings are framed as tortious claims against a party who is not itself bound by the clause.

Area of Law

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