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Spiliada Maritime Corporation v Cansulex Ltd

[1987] AC 460
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1987
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Lord Goff established the two-stage test for forum non conveniens: (1) the defendant must show another forum is clearly more appropriate, and (2) the claimant may resist a stay by showing that justice requires the case to be tried in England.

Area of Law

procedure

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