BANCO NACIONAL DE COMERCIO EXTERIOR SNC v EMPRESA DE TELECOMUNICATIONES DE CUBA SA
[2007] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 44
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice David Steel
Conflict of laws – Freezing order – Claimant obtaining
judgment in Italy and registering judgment in England – Court made domestic
freezing order and subsequently a worldwide freezing order – Whether English
court had jurisdiction to make worldwide freezing order – Whether risk of
dissipation of assets – Council Regulation 44/2001, article 47.