Alliance Bank JSC v Aquanta Corporation & Ors
Decision date: 12 December 2012
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Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
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This dispute concerned Alliance Bank's claim that its senior officers and related companies conspired to defraud it of about US$1.1bn and sought permission to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction and a worldwide freezing order. The central issue on appeal was whether England was the appropriate forum to try the claims and whether the earlier orders permitting service out and maintaining the WFO should be set aside. The Court of Appeal concluded that England was not clearly or distinctly the appropriate forum and dismissed the appeal, resulting in the WFO and permission to serve out being set aside (subject to any argument about continuation pending further appeal).
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The Court of Appeal held that, on the material before it, the dispute had little real connection with England and that England was not clearly or distinctly the most appropriate forum, such that the permission to serve out of the jurisdiction and the worldwide freezing order should be set aside.
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