No Way Out: The Service Out Gap for Freezing Orders Supporting English Judgments

Claire Broadbelt, Stephanie Silverston, Johnny Shearman and Maisie Stewart of Greenberg Traurig examine a Court of Appeal decision confirming that existing jurisdictional gateways do not permit service abroad of free-standing freezing order applications supporting English judgments, even where the requirements for freezing relief are otherwise satisfied, exposing a gap in the rules compared with foreign judgments and prompting renewed calls for reform.

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