Multiple Proceedings - Admiralty Law

Sargeant v. Worldspan Marine Inc., 2017 BCSC 1153

In Maritime Liens, Mortgages & Priorities, Stays of Proceedings on July 6, 2017 (Updated April 11, 2018)

Précis: The British Columbia Supreme Court refused to stay the action before it where a similar but not identical action was proceeding in the Federal Court.

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Jurisdiction Clause - Multiple Proceedings - Stay of Proceedings

Donohue Inc. v. The "Ocean Link", No. T-1692-92, (F.C.T.D.)

In Arbitration/Jurisdiction Clauses in Maritime Law on March 14, 1995 (Updated July 18, 2012)

In this matter the Court refused a motion for a stay of Third Party proceedings on the grounds that, first, the Court could not determine on the evidence before it whether a contract with a jurisdiction clause existed and, second, it was likely that if the stay was granted two separate actions would proceed.

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