Joly v. Albert Larocque Lumber Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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• upholding dismissal where all parties, all evidence, the situs of the claim, and the law of the case were in Canada
• affirming dismissal on forum non conveniens where Canadian forum would be more convenient
• identifying similar factors, and finding no abuse of discretion in trial court’s allowance of motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds where all parties were Canadian, access to witnesses and discovery was more favorable in Canada, and Canadian law appeared applicable
• no abuse of discretion in allowing motion to dismiss where all parties were Canadian, access to witnesses and discovery was more favorable in Canada, Canadian law seemed applicable, and other factors pointed toward Canada
• no abuse of discretion in allowing motion to dismiss where all parties were Canadian, access to witnesses and discovery was more favorable in Canada, Canadian law seemed applicable, and other factors pointed toward Canada
• doctrine of forum non conveniens must be applied with caution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).