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Anti-suit injunctions outside contract: a new beginning

25 October 2025 / Author(s): Steven Elliott KC , Marcus Teo
Issue: November 2025 / Categories: Feature

The decisions in Broad Idea and Wolverhampton provide a much-needed opportunity for the courts to re-shape the grounds on which they will restrain foreign proceedings outside those cases involving jurisdiction and arbitration clauses. The article offers an outline of a new account, which covers a large part of the field, founded on the applicant’s interest in the just and efficient resolution of their dispute and a principle of protecting the English natural forum from interference.

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