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The High Court has ordered a stay of English proceedings brought by a bank against several shareholders of a company for deceit and unlawful means conspiracy on the grounds of forum non conveniens: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Pjsc v Shetty & Ors [2022] EWHC 529 (Comm). This decision will be of interest to financial institutions … Read more
The High Court has ordered a number of banks to provide disclosure to various foreign companies, following an application seeking disclosure in accordance with a letter of request (LOR) issued by a Canadian court. The application was issued in the context of certain Canadian civil proceedings alleging that a former foreign government minister and others … Read more
The Court of Appeal has held that the English court had no power under Article 33 of the recast Brussels Regulation to stay in favour of prior proceedings commenced in New Jersey, where the English court had jurisdiction under a non-exclusive jurisdiction clause. It made no difference that, absent the clause, the court would have … Read more
The High Court has dismissed an application (under the Bankers’ Book Evidence Act 1879) by the CFO of a telecommunications company for access to bank documents for use in Canadian extradition proceedings (initiated by US prosecutors who were seeking to join the CFO as a co-defendant to criminal proceedings in the US because she was … Read more
On 12 February, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in a high profile jurisdictional challenge relating to group claims brought against Royal Dutch Shell plc and its Nigerian subsidiary in connection with alleged pollution in the Niger Delta: Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell plc and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd [2021] … Read more
The High Court has dismissed an Italian municipal authority’s application to strike out certain parts of the claimant banks’ particulars of claims and/or for a stay (in relation to a declaratory relief claim in connection with two interest rate swap transactions): Banca Intesa Sanpaolo SPA and Dexia Credip SPA v Commune Di Venezia [2020] EWHC … Read more
The Court of Appeal has held that an asymmetric or unilateral jurisdiction clause is an exclusive jurisdiction clause for the purposes of the recast Brussels Regulation. The English court was therefore entitled to continue with its proceedings where it was the chosen court but proceedings had been commenced earlier in Germany: Etihad Airways PJSC v … Read more
Choice of dispute resolution forum can have a fundamental impact on the ability of banks and financial institutions to enforce contractual obligations. In our client webinar on 23 September, Dispute Resolution Choices for Banks and Financial Institutions: Maximising the Chances of Successful Enforcement, Julian Copeman, Nick Peacock and Hannah Ambrose discussed recent trends in dispute … Read more
An individual investor, with substantial means and more knowledge and experience than the average person, may still be considered a ‘consumer’ for the purposes of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (“Recast Brussels Regulation“), even when contracting to trade a specialised product such … Read more
