St. Pierre v South American Stores (Gath & Chaves) Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1937 |
| Date | 1937 |
| Court | King's Bench Division |
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9 cases
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Bhp Billiton Ltd v Schultz
...stay proceedings. 10 The earlier English view, overturned later by the House of Lords, was expressed by Scott LJ in St Pierre v South American Stores (Gath & Chaves) Ltd3: ‘A mere balance of convenience is not a sufficient ground for depriving a plaintiff of the advantages of prosecuting hi......
- Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd
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Re Commodore International Ltd
...years before The Atlantic Star was accurately stated in the oft-cited passage from the judgment of Scott L.J. in St. Pierre v. South American Stores (Gath and Chaves) Ltd [1936] 1 K.B. 382, 398: “The true rule about a stay under section 41, so far as relevant to this case, may I think be st......
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Chase Merchant Bankers Jamaica Ltd et Al v Rose Hall Ltd et Al
...or vexatious, and (2) that to stay (or restrain) them would not cause injustice to the plaintiff: see Scott, L.J. in St. Pierre v. South American Stores (Gath & Chaves) Ltd [1936] 1 K.B. 382, 398. In the Atlantic Star this House, while refusing to go as far as the Scottish doctrine of forum......
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