SWIFT-FORTUNE LTD v MAGNIFICA MARINE SA (THE “CAPAZ DUCKLING”)

[2008] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 54

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice David Steel

Practice - Freezing injunction - Contract for sale of ship - Buyer applying for freezing order in Singapore on purchase price in advance of delivery of vessel - No disclosure to Singapore court of authorities precluding such relief - Order granted but subsequently discharged on jurisdictional grounds - Whether claimant guilty of non-disclosure - Whether English court should grant order.