Hai Jiang 1401 Pte Ltd v Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (The “Seven Champion”) – High Ct (Quentin Loh J) – 24 January 2020

Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Defendant bringing court proceedings against plaintiff in Sharjah for breach of contract notwithstanding that contract contained Singapore arbitration clause – Plaintiff claiming to be assignee of relevant contract – Whether plaintiff entitled to anti-suit injunction

The defendant, a Singapore ship repairer, carried out certain works on the plaintiff’s vessel Seven Champion pursuant to a crane upgrade contract (the CUA) between the defendant and the vessel’s bareboat charterer (LCS). The CUA was governed by Singapore law and contained a Singapore arbitration clause.