In Peipei v. Luhua Rao 2019 BCCA 264, the chambers judge granted an injunction enjoining a litigant from proceeding with a foreign arbitration until various applications in a civil action were ruled upon in the court below. The appellant submitted that the judge erred in his application of the law of anti-suit injunctions and in finding that allowing the arbitration to proceed would be in breach on an agreement between the parties. Held: Appeal dismissed. A forum section clause in the form of a negative covenant can be enforced by anti-arbitration injunction. In doing so the court is exercising in personam jurisdiction over the litigant. There was no error in granting the injunction in this case
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