Apple Computer Inc v Apple Corps SA - [1990] 2 NZLR 598

Practice and procedure — Stay of proceedings — Foreign jurisdiction clause in contract — Plaintiff issued proceeding for removal of defendant's trade marks from register — Defendant, which had commenced an action in England, sought stay of proceeding on grounds that earlier agreement between parties barred such a proceeding and provided that issues arising out of the agreement should be determined by the English High Court — Plaintiff argued that the agreement was unenforceable in New Zealand — Whether there was a duplication of proceedings — Whether there were strong reasons for not leaving the issues to the English Court — Whether stay should be granted — High Court Rules, R 477.