Société d’Informatique Service Realisation Organisation (SISRO) v Ampersand Software BV

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Stay of proceedings — Jurisdiction under European Convention — Order for registration of judgment obtained in France — Appeal to High Court against registration order — Stay of proceedings imposed and later lifted by High Court — Appeal to Court of Appeal against lifting of stay — Whether appeal permitted by Convention — Whether jurisdiction in appeal court to impose or reimpose stay — -Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Sch 1 arts 37, 38

[1996] QB 127; [1996] 2 WLR 30