B v S

[2011] Lloyd's Rep Plus 48

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Flaux

Practice - Freezing injunction - Jurisdiction - Arbitration clause - Parties entering into agreement for sale of sunflower seed oil - Buyers commencing arbitration proceedings against sellers - Buyers obtaining freezing injunction against sellers' assets - Whether arbitration clause precluded buyers from obtaining freezing injunction - Whether court had jurisdiction to grant injunction - FOSFA 54 - Arbitration Act 1996, section 44.