Testing the Limits of The DIFC Courts’ Jurisdiction
The DIFC Court of Appeal confirms the scope of its jurisdiction for providing interim relief in support of foreign proceedings.
The DIFC Court of Appeal confirms the scope of its jurisdiction for providing interim relief in support of foreign proceedings.
In this article we discuss the UK Court of Appeal judgment in Gorbachev v Guriev [2022] EWCA Civ 1270, which confirms that the English courts have jurisdiction to order third party disclosure against respondents located abroad where the documents in question are located within their jurisdiction.
In the second article of this series, Partner Mike Phillips and Associate Sylvie Allen discuss the courts’ powers under the Arbitration Act 1996 to preserve evidence, property and assets and order the attendance of witnesses in LMAA arbitrations.
This article, the first in a series exploring the English courts’ powers in support of LMAA arbitrations, assesses the power to grant anti-suit injunctions where proceedings have been initiated outside of London in breach of an arbitration agreement.
This article considers the decision in Islandsbanki Hf & Ors v Stanford, and the steps which must be taken to enforce a foreign judgment in England under the Lugano Convention.