Claxton Engineering Services Ltd v TXM Olaj-Es Gazkutato Kft - QBD (Com Ct)(Hamblen J) - 1 February 2011

(2011) 817 LMLN 1

Practice - Anti-arbitration injunction - Whether court had jurisdiction to grant injunction restraining defendant from pursuing arbitration proceedings in Hungary - Whether court should grant injunction

On 5 November 2009 the claimant issued proceedings in the English courts against the defendant, a Hungarian company, for allegedly unpaid debts approaching £2 million for the manufacture and delivery of oil well equipment.