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Mazur Media Limited and Another v Mazur Media Gmbh in Others: ChD 8 Jul 2004

Proceedings were brought in England. The respondents sought a stay, saying the company was subject to insolvency proceedings in Germany. Held: Our domestic insolvency law was not applicable to foreign proceedings, and so could not be used to order a stay of proceedings here. (a) the English court has jurisdiction to determine Apex’s claim for … Continue reading Mazur Media Limited and Another v Mazur Media Gmbh in Others: ChD 8 Jul 2004

Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd v Vgenopoulos and Others: QBD 22 Jun 2016

The court was asked: ‘first, whether, in the case of a worldwide freezing order obtained in a foreign jurisdiction, the effect of obtaining an order under Article 38 of the Judgments Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000) (the ‘Judgments Regulation’) permitting the registration of the worldwide freezing order as a judgment … Continue reading Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd v Vgenopoulos and Others: QBD 22 Jun 2016

DEPFA Bank Plc v Provincia Di Pisa: ComC 23 Mar 2012

The parties requested that a question be referred to the ECJ namely: ‘Are proceedings, in which a public authority alleges that an interest rate swap contract into which it has entered with a financial institution is invalid on grounds that it has exercised powers available to it (under its national administrative law as a public … Continue reading DEPFA Bank Plc v Provincia Di Pisa: ComC 23 Mar 2012