Zambia, Attorney General of Zambia for and On Behalf of v Meer Care & Desai (a firm) & Ors, Court of Appeal - Chancery Division, October 07, 2005, [2005] EWHC 2102 (Ch)

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Zambia, Attorney General of Zambia for and On Behalf of v Meer Care & Desai (a firm) & Ors, Court of Appeal - Chancery Division, October 07, 2005, [2005] EWHC 2102 (Ch)

Neutral Citation Number: [2005] EWHC 2102 (Ch)

Case No: HC04C03129

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

CHANCERY DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 07/10/2005

Before :

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE PETER SMITH

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Between :

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William Blair QC and Michael Sullivan (instructed by DLA Piper) for the Claimants

Chima Umezuruike and Razak Atunwa (instructed by Bensons) for the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 11th Defendants

David Head (instructed by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) for the 1st Defendant

Hearing dates: 15th August 2005

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JudgmentPeter Smith J :

INTRODUCTION

1. On 15th August 2005 I heard an application on the part of the Third, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Defendants issued on 6th April 2005 for a stay of the present proceedings brought against them by the Attorney General of Zambia.

2. I indicated that I would dismiss the application and give reasons for the dismissal.

3. In this judgment I set out the reaso...

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