Enforcement of arbitration clauses: anti-suit injunctions

Robin Knowles J in Aqaba Container Terminal (Pvt) Co v Soletanche Bachy France SAS [2019] EWHC 471 (Comm) adopted a traditional approach to the grant of anti-suit relief where foreign judicial proceedings were brought in breach of an arbitration clause. There was a slight complicating factor in that the foreign proceedings raised constitutional issues that were not justiciable in England, but the court found that the proceedings also involved impinging on issues covered by the arbitration clause.

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