IN RE Q’s ESTATE

[1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 931

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Rix

Practice - Mareva injunction - Jurisdiction - Arbitration clause - Daughter entered into retainer agreement with lawyers in relation to claim to share in father’s estate - Retainer agreement contained arbitration clause - Claim successful - Lawyers obtained Mareva injunction - Whether Court had jurisdiction to grant injunction because parties had agreed all disputes to be within exclusive jurisdiction of arbitration tribunal - Arbitration Act, 1996, s. 44.