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Vitol SA v Capri Marine Ltd

Vitol SA v Capri Marine Ltd [2008] EWHC 378 (Comm)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Year2008
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A CPR Part 71 order requiring an officer of a corporate judgment debtor to attend court to be examined about the debtor's assets cannot be served out of the jurisdiction on an officer resident abroad, because there is no jurisdictional gateway permitting service of such an order outside England and Wales.

Area of Law

General

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