Read the full judgment text of HCA 010047/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 December 1999.
1. This is an appeal by the defendant from a refusal by the master to grant a stay of proceedings. The appeal brought by the defendant is on the basis that there was a compromise reached between the parties, with the result that this action, which had been brought, should be stayed by the court because it is vexatious or an abuse of process of the court to allow this action to proceed.