Anti-suit Injunctions

Anti-suit injunctions restrain legal proceedings in Hong Kong as well as in foreign jurisdictions, meaning they prohibit a litigant from moving forward with court or arbitral proceedings in a particular jurisdiction or forum to resolve a dispute. An anti-suit injunction may be used, for example, to prevent a party to a contract in which the parties to the contract agreed to arbitration of disputes from suing in the courts to resolve a dispute which has arisen. Equally, an anti-suit injunction may be used to prevent a party to a contract in which parties to the contract agreed to resolve disputes in the courts of Hong Kong from resolving a dispute by suing in a jurisdiction other than Hong Kong.