The court was asked whether there is jurisdiction in the English court to impose an anti-suit injunction against four foreign shipowners in respect of their complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The shipowners have participated in complex multi-party litigation in England, known as the Metro litigation, but they submit that, partly because their participation was always limited and partly because over time that participation has been still further eroded by settlement and discontinuance, the English court lacks jurisdiction to make the order complained of.
Judges:
Rix LJ
Citations:
[2002] EWCA Civ 528, [2002] CLC 1090, [2002] 2 All ER (Comm) 1
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Jurisdiction
Updated: 11 July 2022; Ref: scu.258651