‘Angel Bell’ exception to world wide freezing order.
Judges:
Christopher Hancock QC
Citations:
[2022] EWHC 2113 (Comm)
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Iraqi Ministry of Defence and Others v Arcepey Shipping Co SA, The Angel Bell 1980
The court considered whether a defendant should be allowed to pay his debts as they fell due despite an asset freezing order.
Held: The Mareva jurisdiction should not ‘improve the position of claimants’. Rather, it should prevent the injustice . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Litigation Practice
Updated: 02 September 2022; Ref: scu.680271