“…here it is oppressive or vexatious for a defendant to bring proceedings in a foreign jurisdiction but Société Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v Lee Kui Jak [1987] AC 871 emphasised that the mere fact that the English court refused a stay of English proceedings on the ground of forum non conveniens did not itself justify the gra…”
“…rder an anti-suit injunction where proceedings in the foreign court would be vexatious or oppressive: Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale v Lee Kui Jak [1987] AC 871 (PC). The House of Lords has held that the threshold is even higher in cases where the respondent to the application would not be able to bring proceedings els…”
“…d oppressive, including in appropriate cases to restrain the pursuit of foreign court proceedings. In Société Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v Lee Kui Jak [1987] AC 871 (PC), it was established that an injunction may be granted to restrain proceedings in a foreign court in circumstances where, by reason of parallelproceedings …”
“…[1987] AC 871 (PC) at 892, Lord Goff (giving the judgment of the board) held that the following four principles govern the grant of an anti-suit injunction.…”