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

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal
Year1936
Date1936

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    • High Court (Malaysia)
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  • MacShannon v Rockware Glass Ltd
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    • House of Lords
    • 26 January 1978
    ...years before The Atlantic Star was accurately stated in the oft-cited passage from the judgement of Scott L.J. in St Pierre v. South American Stores (Gath & Chaves) Ltd. [1936] 1 K.B. 382 , at 398: "The true rule about a stay under section 41 , so far as relevant to this case, may I th......
  • Multi-Code Electronics Industries (M) Bhd v Toh Chun Toh Gordon
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    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 3 November 2008
    ...of the process of the court in some other way: per Scott L.J. at p 398 in St Pierre v. South American Stores (Gath and Chaves) Ltd [1936] 1 K.B. 382. On the facts, the plaintiffs submitted that no risk of injustice or prejudice would be occasioned to any of the defendants if the action here......
  • Loke Yu; Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1998
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  • Discretion in the exercise of jurisdiction in conflict cases in Nigeria
    • South Africa
    • Juta 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 ......
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    • 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
    • Sage 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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    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1993, December 1993
    • 1 December 1993
    ...is, the minority was in favour of retaining the principle as stated by Scott L.J. in St. Pierre v. South America (Gath and Chaves) Ltd.[1936] 1 K.B. 382 at 398. However, the majority of the Law Lords comprising Lord Wilberforce, Lord Reid and Lord Kilbrandon took the view that the time was ......
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