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Forum non conveniensforum non conveniens

Definition

A discretion to stay proceedings where another available forum is clearly more appropriate for the trial of the action in the interests of all parties and the ends of justice.

In plain English: A court can refuse to hear a case if another country's court is plainly the better place for it.

A common law definition. The term may mean something different, or nothing at all, in another legal system.

Legal family: common law Authority: Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex Ltd [1987] AC 460

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