Freezing Orders and Foreign Respondents: The Court of Appeal Draws a Firm Jurisdictional Line in Gilbert v Broadoak Private Finance Ltd
In Gilbert v Broadoak Private Finance Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 1172, the Court of Appeal confirmed that the English court’s broad power to grant freezing injunctions does not, by itself, provide a route for serving a free-standing freezing order application on defendants abroad. The judgment provides important guidance on the scope and limits of three jurisdictional gateways.
This article is co-authored by Astraea’s Joe Young and Dr Khrystyna Khanas
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