August 23, 2018
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Anti-suit injunctions, Arbitration agreement, Jurisdictional issues, Parallel litigation & Lis pendens
English High Court Rules on Anti-Suit Injunctions and Disregards AG Wathelet’s Opinion in Gazprom
On 6 June 2018, the English High Court (the Court) ruled in Nori Holding Limited et al. that a European court was not entitled to grant anti-suit injunctions in order to prevent parallel judicial proceedings taking place in another EU Member State. The Court’s judgment is in line with the West Tankers ruling handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) in 2009.READ MORE