SAM PURPOSE AS v TRANSNAV PURPOSE NAVIGATION LTD (THE "SAM PURPOSE")

[2017] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 49

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before His Honour Judge Waksman QC

Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Defendant arresting vessel and commencing substantive proceedings in foreign court in breach of London arbitration clause – Claimant obtaining ex parte anti-suit injunction against defendant – Defendant applying for judgment in default on substantive claim in foreign court – Defendant subsequently applying to stay its substantive proceedings – Whether defendant should be ordered to discontinue foreign proceedings entirely – Whether injunction should be discharged for material non-disclosure.