Natural Forum and the Elusive Significance of Jurisdiction Agreements

• Main Author: YEO, Tiong Min
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: Jurisdiction; Court hearings and proceedings; Trials; Singapore; Disputes; Asian Studies; Courts; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/761; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1760/viewcontent/NaturalForumElusiveSigJurisdictionAgreements_2005_pp.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The Singapore court's power to stay its proceedings by reason of its not being the appropriate forum the proceedings ought not to be continued is underpinned by the common law principle enunciated in The Spiliada that generally a trial should be heard in its natural forum. The Rainbow Joy adds...