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03 February 2017
Issue: 7732 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Practice

Deutsche Bank AG London Branch v CIMB Bank Berhad [2017] EWHC 81 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 93 (Jan)

The Commercial Court dismissed the defendant bank’s application for a stay of proceedings commenced against it in the English jurisdiction, where related proceedings had already been commenced in the courts of Singapore. The defendant had not established that Singapore was clearly and distinctly the more appropriate forum than London.

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