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Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA

[2007] 1 SLR(R) 629
JurisdictionSingapore
Year2006
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The Singapore High Court has no free-standing power under s.4(10) Civil Law Act to grant a Mareva injunction in aid of foreign proceedings unless there is a substantive cause of action in Singapore; the international arbitration regime is treated separately.

Area of Law

Civil procedure — Mareva injunction — jurisdiction in aid of foreign proceedings

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