United Kingdom statutory demandjurisdictionanti suit injunction

Jones v Aston Risk Management

[2024] EWHC 2553 (Ch)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice (Chancery Division, Business and Property Courts)

Year2024

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

On an application to set aside a statutory demand under r.10.5 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 the court has no jurisdiction to determine issues of forum (forum non conveniens / anti-suit), and a debtor cannot resist English bankruptcy jurisdiction merely by relocating abroad once the connecting factors are satisfied.

Area of Law

General

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