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Conflict of laws

24 November 2011
Issue: 7491 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Seven Licensing Company Sarl and another company v FFG-Platinum SA and other companies [2011] EWHC 2967 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 125 (Nov)

It was established law that actions were related if they involved the risk of conflicting decisions, without necessarily involving the risk of giving rise to mutually exclusive legal consequences. There were three factors which might be relevant to the exercise of the discretion; first, the extent of the relatedness and the risk of mutually irreconcilable decisions; second, the stage reached in each set of proceedings; and third the proximity of the courts to the subject matter of the case. The closer the connection between the proceedings in question, the more necessary it would appear for the court second seised to stay its proceedings.
 

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