Hearings
England & Wales
25 May 2007 [2007] EWHC 1510 (Comm), QBD (Judge Mackie QC)
06 Jun 2008 [2008] EWCA Civ 625; [2009] QB 503; [2009] 2 WLR 669; [2009] Bus LR 216; [2008] 2 All ER (Comm) 1146; [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 301, CA
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd (No 3)
Subject Matter
INJUNCTION — Jurisdiction to grant — Restraint of foreign proceedings — Claimant obtaining damages award against foreign defendants in English High Court — Defendants issuing foreign proceedings disputing liability to claimant — Claimant seeking anti-suit injunction — Whether claimant required to establish separate cause of action not to be sued — Whether power to grant post-judgment anti-suit injunction ancillary to substantive proceedings — Whether discretion to be exercised — Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, arts 2, 31
[2008] EWCA Civ 625; [2009] QB 503; [2009] 2 WLR 669; [2009] Bus LR 216; [2008] 2 All ER (Comm) 1146; [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 301, CA
Appellate History
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd (No 3) [2007] EWHC 1510 (Comm), QBD
Decision of Judge Mackie QC sitting as a judge of the Queen's Bench Division affirmed
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd (No 3) [2008] EWCA Civ 625; [2009] QB 503; [2009] 2 WLR 669; [2009] Bus LR 216; [2008] 2 All ER (Comm) 1146; [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 301, CA
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Injunctions to Restrain Foreign Proceedings (Anti-suit Injunctions)
16.67