KB-2025-001929 - [2025] EWHC 2966 (KB)
Fecha: 13-Nov-2025
Conclusions
XII. Disposal
Therefore, I summarise in short order and in one place the court’s key decisions:
Claimants’ applications
Part 11 declaration (11 June 2025). DISMISSED
Strike out (12 June 2025). Strike out of the defendant’s applications as “abusive”, given the defendant’s acceptance of High Court jurisdiction. DISMISSED
Injunction (7 July 2025). Injunctive relief restraining the defendant from pursuing arbitral proceedings. DISMISSED
Defendant’s applications
(all dated 10 June 2025)
Interim stay of Orange’s claim (10 May 2025). GRANTED
Interim stay of IT Way’s claim (10 May 2025). GRANTED
Strike out of claim form and particulars of claim insofar as they assert claims by IT Way against the defendant. INTERIM STAY
I have indicated to the parties that I will receive further written submissions on consequential orders once the court’s decisions in the applications have been handed down and instructions taken.
- Heading
- THE HON. MR JUSTICE DEXTER DIAS
- Mr Justice Dexter Dias
- Introduction
- Applications
- Brief facts
- Claimants’ applications (overview)
- Claimants’ application 1: CPR Part 11
- Part 62
- Discussion: Part 62
- Conclusion: Part 62
- Part 11
- Hoddinott
- Pitalia
- Tintometer
- Discussion: Part 11
- Claimants’ application 2: CPR 3.4
- Claimants’ application 3: Injunction
- Basis 1: Part 11
- Basis 2: Public interest
- Conclusion: injunction
- Defendant’s application 1: stay of Orange
- Arbitration contracts
- State of evidence
- Discussion: state of evidence
- Conclusion: state of evidence
- Forum
- Conclusion: forum
- Orange stay
- Conclusion: Orange stay
- Defendant’s application 2: stay of IT Way
- Defendant’s application 3: strike out of IT Way
- Allegations against Shein
- Conclusions