Stay of Proceedings in UK Law

(1) The basic principle is that a stay will only be granted on the ground of forum non conveniens where the court is satisfied that there is some other available forum, having competent jurisdiction, which is the appropriate forum for the trial of the action, i.e. in which the case may be tried more suitably for the interests of all the parties and the ends of justice.

But the underlying principle requires that regard must be had to the interests of all the parties and the ends of justice; and these considerations may lead to a different conclusion in other cases.

He must satisfy the court that the continuance of the action would work an injustice because it would be oppressive or vexatious to him or would be an abuse of the court in some other way, that expression being understood in a broad and reasonable sense and without any necessary moral connotations, and also that the stay would not cause an injustice to the plaintiff. He must satisfy the court that the continuance of the action would work an injustice because it would be oppressive or vexatious to him or would be an abuse of the court in some other way, that expression being understood in a broad and reasonable sense and without any necessary moral connotations, and also that the stay would not cause an injustice to the plaintiff. He must satisfy the court that the continuance of the action would work an injustice because it would be oppressive or vexatious to him or would be an abuse of the court in some other way, that expression being understood in a broad and reasonable sense and without any necessary moral connotations, and also that the stay would not cause an injustice to the plaintiff. He must satisfy the court that the continuance of the action would work an injustice because it would be oppressive or vexatious to him or would be an abuse of the court in some other way, that expression being understood in a broad and reasonable sense and without any necessary moral connotations, and also that the stay would not cause an injustice to the plaintiff.