Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA (The "Capaz Duckling")

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date01 December 2006
Date01 December 2006
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 24 of 2006
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
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17 cases
  • The ‘Bunga Melati 5’
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 23 August 2011
    ...Petroleum Co Ltd v The Owners of the Ship or Vessel Lok Maheshwari [1996] SGHC 212 (folld) Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA [2007] 1 SLR (R) 629; [2007] 1 SLR 629 (refd) Temasek Eagle, The [1999] 2 SLR (R) 647; [1999] 4 SLR 250 (refd) Thorlina, The [1985-1986] SLR (R) 258; [1984-1985......
  • Multi-Code Electronics Industries (M) Bhd v Toh Chun Toh Gordon
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 3 November 2008
    ...jurisdiction where the plaintiff had no accrued right of action in Singapore. See also Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine S.A. [2006] S.G.C.A. 42 (“Swift-Fortune”), in which the Court of Appeal held that a Singapore Court did not have the jurisdiction to issue a Mareva injunction to assis......
  • Re Nalpon Zero Geraldo Mario
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 23 April 2013
    ...bte Ab Latef v Mohd Irwan bin Abdullah Teo [1996] 2 SLR (R) 80; [1996] 2 SLR 201 (folld) Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA [2007] 1 SLR (R) 629; [2007] 1 SLR 629 (refd) Therrien c Québec (Ministre de la justice) [2001] 2 SCR 3 (refd) Ting Sie Huong v State AG [1985] 1 MLJ 431 (refd) U......
  • Petroval SA v Stainby Overseas Ltd and Others
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 2 May 2008
    ...injunction was set aside, as it could be concluded from the Court of Appeal's decision in Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA [2007] 1 SLR (R) 629 that it would be a necessary condition for the court's exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to s 4 (10) of the Civil Law Act (Cap 43, 1999 Rev ......
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  • Singapore Parliament moves to Assist Foreign Arbitrations
    • Singapore
    • Mondaq Singapore
    • 31 May 2010
    ...& Orient Shipping Corp [2006] 3 SLR 854 and the decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal in Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA [2007] 1 SLR 629. Under the earlier version of the IAA, Section 12 (7) provided the Court with the same powers in an International Arbitration as the Cour......
16 books & journal articles
  • THE USE AND ABUSE OF ANTI-ARBITRATION INJUNCTIONS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 December 2013
    ...granted by an interlocutory order. 120 Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322, 2007 Rev Ed). Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA[2007] 1 SLR(R) 629 at [64]. 121 Cap 143A, 2002 Rev Ed; as amended by the International Arbitration (Amendment) Act 2009 (Act 29 of 2009). 122 The UNCITRAL M......
  • Civil Procedure
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...in Singapore (at [16]). Mareva injunctions 7.45 The Court of Appeal”s recent pronouncement in Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA[2007] 1 SLR 629 (‘Swift-Fortune’) was applied in two instances in 2008. 7.46 In Petroval SA v Stainby Overseas Ltd[2008] 3 SLR 856 (‘Petroval v Stainby’), th......
  • Arbitration
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...a Singapore court to grant measures only in support of arbitrations seated in Singapore (see Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA[2007] 1 SLR 629; as well as the author”s comments in (2006) 7 SAL Ann Rev 51 at 57, para 3.16—3.17). 3.54 The only apparent window in which a Singapore court ......
  • THE GRANTING OF MAREVA INJUNCTIONS IN SUPPORT OF FOREIGN COURT PROCEEDINGS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...[103]. 31 See s 12A(2) of the International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A, 2002 Rev Ed). 32[2008] 3 SLR(R) 856. 33 Cap 43, 1999 Rev Ed. 34[2007] 1 SLR(R) 629. 35Swift-Fortune Ltd v Magnifica Marine SA[2007] 1 SLR(R) 629 at [62]. 36[1993] AC 334. 37Petroval SA v Stainby Overseas Ltd[2008] 3 SLR(......
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