Read the full judgment text of HCMP 2122/2012 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 December 2012.
1. On 24 February 2011, the defendant applied by summons to stay the plaintiffs’ libel action against him in favour of the High Court of Singapore on the grounds of forum non conveniens . That summons was heard by Suffiad J on 25 and 26 October 2011 and, by his judgment handed down on 12 March 2012, he dismissed the stay application and made an order nisi that the defendant pay the plaintiffs the costs of the application and of the hearing in any event.