B v S

[2011] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 18

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Flaux

Practice — Freezing injunction — Jurisdiction — Agreement for sale of sunflower seed oil — Scott v Avery clause — 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.