United Kingdom exclusive jurisdiction clausecase management staynegative declarations

Athena Capital Fund SICAV-FIS SCA v Secretariat of State for the Holy See

Athena Capital Fund SICAV-FIS SCA v Secretariat of State for the Holy See [2022] EWCA Civ 1051

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year2022

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

On an application to stay proceedings (including a claim for negative declarations) brought under an exclusive English jurisdiction clause where there are parallel foreign proceedings, the single question is whether in all the circumstances it is in the interests of justice to grant a case management stay, and the parties' choice of an exclusive English forum is a weighty factor pointing against a stay.

Area of Law

General

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