C.I.L.E.V. v. CHIAVELLI AND ANOTHER [1968] GLR 160-168

Practice and procedure—Action—Discontinuance—Application to discontinue action against one of two defendants—Cause of action against each defendant intricately interwoven—Circumstances in which plaintiff can discontinue without leave of court—Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), Order 26, r. 1.

Conflict of laws—Courts—Jurisdiction—Both local and foreign court competent to adjudicate issue—Circumstances in which local court may decline jurisdiction in deference to foreign court.