The Australian principle of forum non conveniens is different to the English principle of the same name, which requires the respondent to show that there is another available forum for the resolution of the parties' dispute which is a more appropriate forum: Spiliada Maritime Corporation v Cansulex 1987 AC 460.
1. The term forum non conveniens refers to discretionary power of a court to decline jurisdiction when convenience of parties and of justice would be better served if action were brought and tried in another forum.
Latin for 'inconvenient/inappropriate forum'. Forum non conveniens is a common law principle that allows a court to dismiss a civil matter where it has jurisdiction on the basis that a more appropriate or convenient forum exists in which to hear the matter.
In Voth, this Court adopted for Australia the test propounded by Deane J in Oceanic Sun, namely, that a stay should be granted if the local court is a clearly inappropriate forum, which will be the case if continuation of the proceedings in that court would be oppressive, in the sense of “seriously and unfairly ...
Latin for "inconvenient forum" this common law doctrine allows a court to dismiss a civil action (even though the forum or venue is proper and the court has jurisdiction over the case and the parties) where an appropriate and more convenient alternative forum exists in which to try the action.
Under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, a court, in conflicts-of-laws cases, may refuse impositions on its jurisdiction where it is not the most “convenient” or available forum and the parties are not precluded from seeking remedies elsewhere.
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It does not refer to a judicial forum that is improper; rather it refers to a judicial forum that is inconvenient or not as appropriate as another forum may be. Adequate alternate forum: To exercise the doctrine of forum non conveniens, an adequate alternate forum in which the case may be heard is essential.
Forum non conveniens, ing to U.S. courts, is an “ancient” doctrine1 with a “long history”2 and “deep roots in the common law.”3 It permits judges to refuse to hear a case, otherwise properly before the court, when there is another forum where trial will best serve “the convenience of the parties and the ends of ...
Forum non conveniens (Latin for "an inconvenient forum") (FNC) is a mostly common law legal doctrine through which a court acknowledges that another forum or court where the case might have been brought is a more appropriate venue for a legal case, and dismisses the case.