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Forum non conveniens (Latin for "an inconvenient forum" [1] [2] [3]) (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.
Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 (Aon v ANU) is a decision by the High Court of Australia (High Court) that redefined the principles for requests made to a court during a case to resolve procedural or temporary issues for changing the formal written documents outlining the claims or defence of each party in a case, known as pleadings.
The courts in those days only allowed the plaintiff to recover damages if he suffered physical inconvenience, such as having to walk five miles home, as in Hobbs' case; or to live in an over-crowded house, Bailey v. Bullock [1950] 2 All ER 1167. I think that those limitations are out of date.
In law, an argument from inconvenience or argumentum ab inconvenienti, is a valid type of appeal to consequences. Such an argument would seek to show that a proposed action would have unreasonably inconvenient consequences, as for example a law that would require a person wishing to lend money against a security to first ascertain the borrower ...
“I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused.” The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Wynn is the first U.S. appeals court judge to rescind his resignation since ...
On Nov. 19, the appeals court gave the plaintiffs until Nov. 27 to file briefs responding to whether a stay on McGlynn’s injunction should be continued pending appeal.
Hearing: November 4, 2016 Judgment: June 23, 2017; Citations: 2017 SCC 33, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 751: Prior history: Judgement for Facebook Inc. in the British Columbia ...
Daniel Rashbaum, defense attorney for Donna Adelson, who is accused of being a part of the murder of FSU law professor Dan Markel, listens to Assistant State Attorney Georgia Cappleman in court ...