SWIFT-FORTUNE LTD v MAGNIFICA MARINE SA (THE “CAPAZ DUCKLING”)
[2007] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 102
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice David Steel
Practice – Freezing injunction – Contract for sale of
ship – Buyer applying for freezing order in Singapore on purchase price in
advance of delivery of vessel – No disclosure to Singapore court of authorities
precluding such relief – Order granted but subsequently discharged on
jurisdictional grounds – Whether claimant guilty of non-disclosure – Whether
English court should grant order.