Webinar – Anti-Suit Injunctions in Shipping Cases

Specific issues to be discussed will include:

• The Enka decision in the Supreme Court
• Injunctions against non -parties who sue parties, or non-parties, to an Arbitration Agreement or Jurisdiction Clause
• Delay in applying for an injunction and the possible consequences
• Damages for breach of Jurisdiction and Arbitration agreements for breach of contract or under Lord Cairns’ Act
• The jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal to make anti-suit orders or issue an anti-suit award and their enforceability;
• The enforcement of English anti-suit injunctions abroad after Brexit
• Injunctions to support the supervisory jurisdiction or Res judicata or Issue Estoppel
• The usefulness in practice of the Anti-suit jurisdiction, the costs involved and The P & I perspective on usefulness and strategy.

Date:23/11/2020
Chair:Steven Gee QC - Monckton Chambers
Panellists:Andrew Hutcheon - Watson Farley & Williams
Sara Masters QC - Twenty Essex
Balvinder Ahluwalia – Gard (UK) Ltd.
Venue:Webinar kindly hosted by Watson Farley & Williams
Time:5.15pm - 6.30pm GMT
CPD Points:1.CPD point