Stay of Proceedings in UK Law

  • MacShannon v Rockware Glass Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 26 January 1978
    ... ... in this House Kenneth Duncan Fyfe at liberty to commence proceedings in Scotland: And it is further Ordered , That the Respondent do pay or ... refusing to stay the actions under the inherent jurisdiction of the court. The other two, ... ...
  • Spiliada Maritime Corporation v Cansulex Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 19 November 1986
    ... ... 2 In these proceedings parties to a dispute have chosen to litigate in order to determine where ... , the court, applying the doctrine of forum non conveniens will only stay the action if the defendant satisfies the court that some other forum is ... ...
  • The Atlantic Star; Atlantic Star (Owners) v Bona Spes (Owners)
    • House of Lords
    • 10 April 1973
    ... ... back to the Admiralty Court with a Direction that all further proceedings in the action in rem be stayed: And it is further Ordered , That the ... In this case the Appellants ask us to review the law regarding stay of proceedings in an English court in cases where proceedings with regard ... ...
  • Connelly v RTZ Corporation Plc and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 24 July 1997
    ... ... your Lordships two appeals, both arising out of the same proceedings. The plaintiff in the action is Edward Connelly, who is domiciled in ... applied to the High Court in London for a stay of the proceedings on the ground that Namibia was the appropriate forum ... ...
  • Bank of Tokyo Ltd v Karoon (Note)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 May 1984
    ... ... New York against BTTC, or commencing or prosecuting any other proceedings relating to the same subject-matter before any other court than the ... proceedings, but also to the exercise of the court's jurisdiction to stay proceedings commenced in this country: see again McHenry v. Lewis and ... ...
  • R v Looseley
    • House of Lords
    • 25 October 2001
    ... ... In Canada the remedy is by way of stay of proceedings: see R v Mack (1988) 44 CCC (3d) 513 ... In Australia a ... ...
  • Donohue v Armco Inc. and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 13 December 2001
    ... ... should have been granted to restrain the prosecution of proceedings in New York and, if so, in whose favour it should have been granted ... granting an injunction upon appropriate terms; just as, in cases of stay of proceedings, the parallel problem of advantages to the plaintiff in the ... ...
  • Fulham Football Club (1987) Ltd v Sir David Richards and another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 July 2011
    ... ... and needed to raise £9 million in order to avoid winding-up proceedings threatened by HM Revenue & Customs. It is alleged that by 25 th July ... the FAPL and Sir David issued their respective applications for a stay of the proceedings ... 9 The FA Rules (see Rule B.12) provide ... ...
  • The Abidin Daver
    • House of Lords
    • 26 January 1984
    ... ... 5 It is in proceedings on a motion by the Turkish shipowners to stay the English action that this ... ...
  • Catalyst Investment Group Ltd v Lewinsohn and Others
    • Chancery Division
    • 16 November 2009
    ... ... Each is a Part 11 application seeking, in effect, to stay the relevant claim. At the end of the hearing Mr de Garr Robinson QC, who ... being placed in particular upon the existence of corresponding proceedings between the same parties in another jurisdiction (Utah, USA). Each ... ...
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