Anti-suit injunctionsissued by Courts of Member States were held impermissible within the EU by the ECJ in the European Court cases TURNER –V- GROVIT (2004) and the FRONT CONOR (2009).

The above European Court decisions do not prohibit granting of an anti-suit injunction by courts of EU Member States in order to block the filing of Court proceeding before Courts of countries outside EU.

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