Australia Leading Case uncategorized

Jago v District Court (NSW)

[1989] HCA 46; (1989) 168 CLR 23

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1989

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Courts have an inherent power to grant a permanent stay to prevent abuse of process, with fairness as the touchstone, but a stay for delay alone will be granted only in extreme cases.

Area of Law

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