Anti-Suit Injunctions in England: Key Developments & Strategic Risk

Introduction

Join Emilie Gonin of Brick Court Chambers who will focus on two key topics in the world of anti-suit injunctions which have given rise to recent decisions and interesting debates.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Anti-Suit Injunctions Against Proceedings in Breach of an Arbitration Agreement
• Reminder of key principles on the granting of anti-suit injunctions (s. 37 of the Senior Court Act 1981 not s. 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996): Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC v AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP
• The recent debate: whether anti-suit injunctions shall be granted by the English Court where the seat of arbitration is not in England?
• Summary of the debates before the lower courts
• The decision of the Supreme Court in UniCredit Bank GmBH v RuschemAlliance LLC
• The impact of the 2025 amendment to the Arbitration Act on the law applicable to the arbitration on the reach of the decision of the Supreme Court in UniCredit Bank GmBH v RuschemAlliance LLC
• Anti-Suit Injunctions Against Court Proceedings in the Post-Brexit Context
• What did Brexit change?
• Have anti-suit injunctions been given away like sweets? - a review of recent cases involving proceedings in EU courts
• Is the position likely to change in the future (e.g. accession to the Lugano Convention)?

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Friday 24th April 2026

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