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ACE Engineering Ltd v Montreal Management Consultants Est Development General Service (ICC Arbitration No. 24714/MK)

Case no.
24714/MK
Applicable rules
ICC Arbitration Rules
  1. 18 May 2020Dominica

    18 May 2020Dominica

    Ruling of the High Court of Justice (Civil) in case DOMHCV2019/0054 dated 18 May 2020

    Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice (Civil), Dominica

    Case no.
    DOMHCV2019/0054
    Decision summary
    The court dismissed Montreal Management Consultants Est Development General Service’s application to continue the anti-arbitration injunction and granted ACE Engineering Ltd’s application to discharge it. The court held that, because no Dispute Adjudication Board was in place and Montreal had not sought to establish one, ACE could proceed directly to international arbitration under the ICC Arbitration Rules; the court ordered that the injunction be dismissed with costs of $5,000 to ACE and that the order be communicated to the arbitrators.

    Supporting details

    24 authorities · 10 participants
    ACE Engineering Ltd
    Representative
    Heather Felix Evans (For: ACE Engineering Ltd)
    Representative
    Optimum Legal (For: ACE Engineering Ltd)
    Montreal Management Consultants Est Development General Service
    Representative
    Lennox Lawrence (For: Montreal Management Consultants Est Development General Service)
    Representative
    Jodi Luke (For: Montreal Management Consultants Est Development General Service)
    Representative
    Platinum Law Chambers (For: Montreal Management Consultants Est Development General Service)
    National Bank of Dominica
    Representative
    Fernillia Felix (For: National Bank of Dominica)
    Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice (Civil), Dominica

    Authorities cited

    24
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      case-law
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      case-law
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      case-law
    • Channel Tunnel Group Ltd v Balfour Construction Ltd ([1993] 1 All ER 664)
      case-law
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      case-law
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      case-law
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      case-law
    • L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tools Ltd ([1973] 2 All ER 39)
      case-law
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      case-law
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      case-law
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      case-law
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      case-law
    • Demerara Distilleries Private Limited and Another v Demerara Distilleries Ltd (Supreme Court of India, 24 November 2014)
      case-law
    • Private International Law (Cheshire and North’s (12th Edition))
      academic
    • Amchem Products Inc v British Columbia ((1991) 75 DLR (4th))
      case-law
    • Albon v Naza Motors ([2007] EWCA Civ 1124; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 351)
      case-law
    • Sohio Supply Company v Gatoil (USA) Inc ((1986) S No. 1915)
      case-law
    • Mike Trading and Transport Ltd v R Pagnan and Fratelli, The Lisboa (1980 2 Lloyds Reports 546)
      case-law
    • Rainy Sky v Kookmin Bank ([2011] UKSC 50)
      case-law
    • C v D ([2007] EWCA Civ 1282; [2008] 1 All ER 1001)
      case-law
    • BCY v BCZ ([2016] 2 Lloyd's Rep 583)
      case-law
    • Arsanovia v Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings ([2012] EWHC 3702 (Comm); [2013] 1 Lloyd's Rep 235)
      case-law
    • Arbitration Act, Commonwealth of Dominica (Chap. 4:50 of the Laws of the Commonwealth of Dominica)
      statute
    • M.K. Shah Engineers & Contractors v State of M.P. ((1999) 2 SCC 594; (AIR 1999 SC 950))
      case-law
  2. Date not availableDominica

    Date not availableDominica

    Ex parte anti-arbitration injunction order

    High Court of Justice (Civil)

    Decision summary
    The High Court of Justice (Civil) granted Montreal Management Consultants Est Development General Service an ex parte anti-arbitration injunction restraining ACE Engineering Ltd from continuing its arbitration proceedings before the International Court of Arbitration.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    ACE Engineering Ltd
    Montreal Management Consultants Est Development General Service
    High Court of Justice (Civil)

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