What is the Mareva injunction?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mendlowitz v. Chiang (motions re payment of legal fees; return of US$460,000 & setting aside interlocutory declaratory order), 2010 ONSC 6102 (CanLII):
The Mareva injunction is a recognized exception to the rule in Lister v. Stubbs (1890), 45 Ch. D. 1 that the court has no jurisdiction to attach the assets of a debtor for the protection of a creditor prior to the creditor obtaining judgment.
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