Commodities in Focus Weekly - Issue 108

The correct test for freezing injunctions – Dos Santos v Unitel SA [2024] EWCA Civ 1109

In the case of Dos Santos v Unitel SA, the Court of Appeal confirmed that the appropriate test for establishing the "good arguable case" element of the threshold test for freezing injunctions remains that set out in Ninemia Maritime Corp v Trave Schiffahrtsgesellschaft GmbH ("The Niedersachsen") [1983] 2 Lloyd's Rep 600. This case also touched on whether the threshold test of a "good arguable case" in the context of freezing injunctions should be aligned with "serious issue to be tried" as part of the American Cyanimid test in the context of interlocutory applications generally.

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