Anti-suit Injunctions and Sovereign Immunity — Injuncting a State-related Entity
In the case of Cooperativa Muratori and Cementisti — CMC di Ravenna, Italy v. Department of Water Supply & Sewerage Management, Kathmandu and other [2025] SGHC(I) 16, the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) considered the intersection between the law of anti-suit injunctions and sovereign immunity.
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