Re Vocalion (Foreign) Ltd: 1932

The section only applies only to proceedings pending in the UK, and not to proceedings in a foreign Court. The Court has an equitable jurisdiction in personam to restrain a respondent properly served in this country from proceeding with an action brought in a foreign to enforce a liability incurred abroad. But as against a respondent domiciled abroad, substantial justice is more likely to be attained by allowing the foreign proceedings to continue, and in such a case the Court will not as a rule exercise that jurisdiction.

Judges:

Maugham J

Citations:

[1932] 2 Ch 196

Statutes:

Companies Act 1929 177

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedHarms Offshore AHT Taurus Gmbh and Co KG v Bloom and Others CA 26-Jun-2009
The court had granted to the liquidators of a company a mandatory injunction requiring the appellant German companies to attempt to obtain the release of assets from attachment by the court in new York.
Held: The appeal was dismissed. The . .
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Insolvency

Updated: 09 November 2022; Ref: scu.375970