{"product_id":"commercial-litigation-in-anglophone-africa-the-law-relating-to-civil-jurisdiction-enforcement-of-foreign-judgments-and-interim-remedies","title":"Commercial Litigation in Anglophone Africa: The Law Relating to Civil Jurisdiction, Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Interim Remedies","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781485127901\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuta, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e852 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncreased international investment and accelerating economic growth in Africa in general and in Anglophone Africa, in particular, mean that businesses located both within and outside these jurisdictions will increasingly demand and require advice on cross-border commercial litigation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the scope and scale of economic activity increases, the law governing commercial litigation will have to be developed and refined so as to reflect Africa’s importance as a commercial hub.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCommercial Litigation in Anglophone Africa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the authors, for the first time in a work of this nature, set out the broad framework of the private international law rules in operation in each of the sixteen Anglophone jurisdictions considered (Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe authors identify and clarify the law to be applied as it relates to: (i) civil jurisdiction over commercial disputes involving a foreign element; (ii) the enforcement of foreign judgments; and (iii) the availability and nature of the interim remedies, in each of the sixteen jurisdictions addressed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContents cover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003econsideration of the various ways in which a court can assume jurisdiction over a business dispute in common law jurisdictions (Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) and Roman-Dutch law jurisdictions (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ediscussion of the potential benefits and difficulties which commercial litigants will experience in legal systems where jurisdiction is based entirely on service of process and in legal systems where jurisdiction is based on attachment of the defendant’s person or property;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ean examination of the circumstances in which a court, once seised of jurisdiction over a business dispute, may, on the application of one of the parties, decline jurisdiction in deference to another jurisdiction;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea detailed appraisal of the various mechanisms, both statutory and non-statutory, which are available to litigants seeking to enforce or prevent the enforcement of a foreign judgment in the jurisdictions covered; and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003econsideration of the various interim\/interlocutory remedies available to commercial litigants in each of the jurisdictions addressed. Specifically, the work concentrates on the principles which govern, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003einter alia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: asset freezing (and asset disclosure) orders; search and seize orders; third party disclosure orders; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emandament van spolie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; and arrest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003esuspectus tanquam de fuga\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eorders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263861735586,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/51BOP4iPsLL._SY522.jpg?v=1778668138","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/commercial-litigation-in-anglophone-africa-the-law-relating-to-civil-jurisdiction-enforcement-of-foreign-judgments-and-interim-remedies","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}