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FW Aviation v VietJet Aviation

[2025] EWHC 1920 (Comm)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtEngland and Wales High Court (Commercial Court)
Year2025
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In the FW Aviation v VietJet JOLCO aircraft-finance litigation, the Commercial Court (this judgment of 23 July 2025 dealing with VietJet's misleading submissions about steps taken to satisfy the judgment debts) reflects the substantive ruling that early-termination/termination-sum provisions in a JOLCO lease were enforceable and not penalties, and that VietJet's defaults entitled the financier to terminate and repossess.

Area of Law

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