ISSUE:
Whether the court of one EU Member State can grant an anti-suit injunction where one of the parties has started legal proceedings in another EU Member State in disregard of an existing arbitration agreement between the parties?
RULE:
The Brussels Regulation was adopted by the European Union in 2000 in order to minimize the impact of differences between national rules governing jurisdiction.
An injunction to stop legal action launched in violation of an arbitration agreement in another Member State court cannot be granted by an English court.