Anti-suit Injunctions - Cyprus Injunctions

Anti-suit injunctions:

The courts have the power to issue interim injunctions prohibiting a Party from bringing court or arbitration proceedings. In general and where there is the element of foreign parallel proceedings, anti-suit injunctions are intended to prevent "forum shopping" or the bringing of proceedings in a "forum non conveniens" or where the foreign proceedings have been issued in bad faith and thus have an oppressive or vexatious effect. Such injunctions are issued in personam, so that they are compatible with the need for comity between different countries and their court systems.

General Criteria for issuing anti-suit injunctions:

Any type of injunction under Cyprus Law must satisfy the general principles for issuing Court orders under Section 32 of the Court of Justice Act (14/1960), in which the power is conferred to grant injunctions in all cases in which it appears to the Court just or convenient to do so. These are explained in a separate