An impecunious plaintiff who resisted an application to stay proceedings in order to allow an arbitration can be required to show the cause of his inability to fund the action.
Judges:
Master of the Rolls, Aldous and Brooke LJJ
Citations:
Gazette 05-Feb-1997, Times 09-Dec-1996, [1996] EWCA Civ 1023, [1997] QB 674
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Fakes v Taylor Woodrow Construction Limited 1973
The plaintiff resisted an application for a stay of his action for an arbitration on the basis that his lack of funds would make it impossible to take part in an arbitration. . .
Cited by:
Cited – Malekout v Medical Sickness Annuity and Life Assurance Society Limited CA 21-May-1998
The plaintiff sought to appeal against a stay of his action so that it could be referred to arbitration. His claim was under insurance policies containing clauses providing for arbitration of disputes.
Held: The judge had failed to take . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Arbitration, Litigation Practice
Updated: 03 November 2022; Ref: scu.140890