The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (the "Court of Appeal") has confirmed it has jurisdiction to grant unless orders in respect of orders of the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Commercial Court and the sanctions for failure to comply with an unless order can include the striking out of appeals.
Walkers has secured a further victory for its client, Ms. Zhao Long, in a complex dispute regarding the ownership of shares in a significant PRC pharmaceutical company ("Lunan") in a judgment of the Court of Appeal granting unless orders (being orders that unless a party fulfils certain obligations by a specified date, they will be penalised by a sanction imposed in that order.) In this case, the sanction will be the striking out of appeals.
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