The Abidin Daver

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Diplock,Lord Edmund-Davies,Lord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Brandon of Oakbrook,Lord Templeman
Judgment Date26 January 1984
Judgment citation (vLex)[1984] UKHL J0126-1
CourtHouse of Lords
Date26 January 1984
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  • The Fundamentals Of A Civil Asset Recovery Action - Part 1
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Mondaq Virgin Islands
    • 27 August 2008
    ...two or more jurisdictions is simply "an additional factor relevant to the determination of the appropriate forum." 11 In Re Abidin Daver [1984] A.C. 398, 411 - 412, Lord Diplock the English House of Lords said that where litigation was pending in a foreign land, and where the defendant to t......
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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
    ...American Stores (Gath and Chaves) Ltd [1936] 1 KB 382 (CA).Teck Cominco Metals Ltd v Lloyd’s [2009] 1 SCR 321 (Canada).The Abidin Daver (1984) AC 398.The ‘Alexandros T’ [2013] UKSC 70.The Atlantic Star [1974] AC 436. The Bremen v Zapata Off-Shore Company 407 US 1 (1972).The Eleftheria (1969......
  • Scots Law Seen from South of the Border
    • United Kingdom
    • Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh Law Review No. , January 2012
    • 1 January 2012
    ...on the part of the English judges, to bring them into line with the Scottish doctrine of forum non conveniens.3535The Abidin Daver [1984] AC 398 at 411 per Lord Diplock. The earlier cases included The Atlantic Star [1974] AC 436 and MacShannon [1978] AC What, you might well ask, would have ......
  • FORUM CONVENIENS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1993, December 1993
    • 1 December 1993
    ...MacShannon v. Rockware Glass Ltd.[1978] A.C. 795 at 810 to 816. 3. Namely, De Dampierre v. De Dampierre[1988] A.C. 92, “The Abidin Daver”[1984] A.C. 398, MacShannon v. Rockware Glass Ltd.[1978] A.C. 795 and Spiliada Maritime Corporation v. Cansulex Ltd: [1987] 1 A.C. 460. 4. In Spiliada Mar......
  • Anti‐suit Injunctions and the Doctrine of Comity
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 79-2, March 2016
    • 1 March 2016
    ...considered to be the forum conveniens according to the English49 n 2 above at [66].50 [1986] 3 WLR 972, 987; see also The Abidin Daver [1984] AC 398, 415.51 See n 47 above.C2016 The Author. The Modern Law Review C2016 The Modern Law Review Limited.(2016) 79(2) MLR 341–363 Anti-suit Injunc......
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