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===United Kingdom===
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As a member of the [[European Union]], the [[United Kingdom]] signed the [[Brussels Convention]]. The [[Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982]] as amended by the [[Civil
on and Judgments Act 1991]] states: {{blockquote|Nothing in this Act shall prevent any court in the UK from staying, sisting [staying or stopping a process, or summoning a party<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/library/publications/docs/glossary.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209114651/http://scotcourts.gov.uk/library/publications/docs/glossary.pdf |archive-date=2012-12-09 }}</ref>], striking out or dismissing any proceedings before it on the ground of ''forum non conveniens'' or otherwise, where to do so is not inconsistent with the 1968 [Brussels] Convention or, as the case may be, the Lugano Convention.}}
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