United Kingdom freezing injunctionpersons unknowncyber fraud

CMOC Sales & Marketing Ltd v Persons Unknown

[2018] EWHC 2230 (Comm)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (HHJ Waksman QC, sitting as a Judge of the High Court)

Year2018

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The court has jurisdiction to grant a worldwide freezing injunction (and final relief) against 'persons unknown' in a cyber-fraud case, provided the unknown defendants are described with sufficient certainty, and may authorise alternative methods of service appropriate to international fraud litigation.

Area of Law

General

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