Magomedov v PJSC Transneft

Subject Matter

INJUNCTION — Jurisdiction to grant — Restraint of foreign proceedings — Claimants bringing action against Russian defendants in English High Court — Defendant bringing anti-suit proceedings in Russian court and subsequently issuing jurisdictional challenge in High Court — Claimants seeking anti-anti-suit injunction until determination of jurisdictional challenge — Whether English court having jurisdiction to grant anti-anti-suit relief prior to determination that English court more appropriate forum

[2024] EWHC 1176 (Comm); [2024] 4 WLR 48; [2024] WLR(D) 238, KBD

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Magomedov v PJSC Transneft [2024] EWHC 1176 (Comm); [2024] 4 WLR 48; [2024] WLR(D) 238, KBD

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Magomedov v PJSC Transneft [2024] EWHC 1176 (Comm); [2024] 4 WLR 48; [2024] WLR(D) 238, KBD

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