Unitel SA v dos Santos

Subject Matter

INJUNCTION — Freezing order — Application

[2023] EWHC 3231 (Comm), KBD

INJUNCTION — Freezing order — Application — Claimant applying for worldwide freezing order — Whether claimant having “good arguable case” on merits of substantive claim — Meaning of “good arguable case”

[2024] EWCA Civ 1109; [2025] KB 438; [2025] 2 WLR 255; [2025] 2 All ER 606; [2025] 2 All ER (Comm) 587; [2024] WLR(D) 433, CA

INJUNCTION — Freezing order — Costs of application — Claimant successfully applying for freezing order — Whether defendant to pay claimant’s costs of application or costs to be reserved to trial

[2024] EWCA Civ 1109; [2025] KB 438; [2025] 2 WLR 255; [2025] 2 All ER 606; [2025] 2 All ER (Comm) 587; [2024] WLR(D) 433, CA

Appellate History

Commentary

36 Group
Clarity on the Merits Threshold for Freezing Injunctions: the Court of Appeal in Isabel dos Santos v Unitel S.A. Case comment

4 New Square
A rose by any other name: ‘a good arguable case’ in Isabel dos Santos v Unitel Case comment