Apex Global Management Ltd and Another v FI Call Ltd and Others: ChD 29 Nov 2013

The court dealt with several case management applications including for relief from sanctions. Prince Abdulaziz claimed that he should not be required to provide a personal statement because as a member fo the Saudi Royal Family there was a convention against signing statements as any part of litigation. His solicitor had provided a statement instead.
Held: Mann J thought that the Prince was raising points which had already been decided, and was concerned that, if the Prince’s proposal was adopted, there would not be ‘a level playing field’ so far as the other litigants were concerned. Mann J was also sceptical about the existence of the alleged protocol, which he described as having ’emerged in a piecemeal and relatively casual way for something which is as central as it is now said to be’. He also described it as ‘a matter of collective choice’ for members of the Saudi Royal Family, to which an English court should not ‘defer’

Judges:

Mann J

Citations:

[2013] EWHC 3752 (Ch)

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Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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See AlsoPrince Abdulaziz v Apex Global Management Ltd and Another SC 26-Nov-2014
The appellant was involved in very substantial litigation with the respondents. As a member of the Saudi Royal family he said that by convention he was not allowed to sign a witness statement, and appealed inter alia against orders requiring him to . .
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Updated: 07 August 2022; Ref: scu.525137