St. Pierre v South American Stores (Gath & Chaves) Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1936
Date1936
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Discretion in the exercise of jurisdiction in conflict cases in Nigeria
    • South Africa
    • Journal of Comparative Law in Africa No. , April 2022
    • 21 April 2022
    ...then the issue of the appropriate or more convenient forum is one to be 46 St Pier re v South American Stores (Gath and Chaves) Ltd [1936] 1 KB 382 (CA). See Nwapi op cit note 35 at 66.47 The Atlantic Star [1974] AC 436.48 MacShannon v Roc kware Glass Ltd [1978] AC 795.49 The Adbidin Daver ......
  • Courts 2
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 6: Part II Courts 2
    • 27 June 2016
    ...to ordinary people of discerning mind, not necessarily intellectuals. In St. Pierre v. South American Stores (Gath & Chares) Ltd. (1936) 1 K.B. 382 at 398 CA, Scott, L.J. held that the continuance of the action in one of the Courts would work manifest injustice to the defendant who seeks a ......
  • Reconceptualising ‘Justiciability’: Crafting a Coherent Framework for Australia’s Unique Constitutional Context
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 50-3, September 2022
    • 1 September 2022
    ...High Court of Australia (Oxford University Press, 2001) .9. Thorpe (n 7) 692.10. St Pierre v South American Stores (Gath and Chaves) Ltd [1936] 1 KB 382, 398 (Scott LJ), cited in Oceanic Sun LineSpecial Shipping Company Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197, 209 (Wilson and Toohey JJ), 233 (Brenn......
  • Reconceptualising ‘Justiciability’: Crafting a Coherent Framework for Australia’s Unique Constitutional Context
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 50-3, September 2022
    • 1 September 2022
    ...High Court of Australia (Oxford University Press, 2001) .9. Thorpe (n 7) 692.10. St Pierre v South American Stores (Gath and Chaves) Ltd [1936] 1 KB 382, 398 (Scott LJ), cited in Oceanic Sun LineSpecial Shipping Company Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197, 209 (Wilson and Toohey JJ), 233 (Brenn......
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