Motorola Solutions Inc v Hytera Communications Corpn Ltd

Subject Matter

INJUNCTION — Freezing order — Exercise of discretion

[2020] EWHC 980 (Comm), QBD

EVIDENCE — Privilege — “Without prejudice” communications — Party at without prejudice meetings threatening to transfer assets out of jurisdiction to make enforcement of judgment more difficult — Whether evidence of threat admissible — Whether threat amounting to unambiguous impropriety so as to fall within exception to without prejudice rule — Whether good arguable case of unambiguous impropriety sufficient to establish exception

[2021] EWCA Civ 11; [2021] QB 744; [2021] 2 WLR 679; [2021] 4 All ER 960; [2021] WLR(D) 16, CA

Appellate History

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Motorola Solutions Inc v Hytera Communications Corpn Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 11; [2021] QB 744; [2021] 2 WLR 679; [2021] 4 All ER 960; [2021] WLR(D) 16, CA

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Motorola Solutions Inc v Hytera Communications Corpn Ltd [2020] EWHC 980 (Comm), QBD

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Cases cited in: Motorola Solutions Inc v Hytera Communications Corpn Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 11; [2021] QB 744; [2021] 2 WLR 679; [2021] 4 All ER 960; [2021] WLR(D) 16, CA

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Cases citing

Cases citing: Motorola Solutions Inc v Hytera Communications Corpn Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 11; [2021] QB 744; [2021] 2 WLR 679; [2021] 4 All ER 960; [2021] WLR(D) 16, CA

Barrowfen Properties Ltd v Patel [2021] EWHC 200 (Ch), Ch D

FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 Ltd v VietJet Aviation JSC [2024] EWHC 1823 (Comm), KBD

Ian Hutchinson & Anor v The Commissioners for HMRC [2021] UKUT 318 (TCC), UT

King v Stiefel (Note) [2021] EWHC 1045 (Comm); [2022] 1 All ER (Comm) 990, QBD

Margulies v Margulies [2022] EWHC 2843 (Ch), Ch D

Swiss RE Corporate Solutions Ltd v Sommer [2022] EAT 78, EAT

Commentary

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