SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: Armco Capital Inc. v. Armoyan, 2010 NSSC 102
Date: 20100317
Docket: Hfx No. 321297
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Armco Capital Inc. Applicant
and
Lisa Armoyan Respondent
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Gerald R. P. Moir
Heard: February 11, 2010
Subject: Conflict of laws, territorial jurisdiction, convenient forum.
Summary: Ms. Armoyan copied the hard drive of the computer used by her husband for work he did for Armco. Armco applied here for an injunction. Ms. Armoyan brought a motion for the court to declare itself to be without jurisdiction or to defer to Florida as the more convenient forum. She had started divorce proceedings there and information on the hard drive is relevant to the matrimonial issues.
Issues: 1) Territorial jurisdiction 2) Convenient forum.
Result: Nova Scotia has territorial jurisdiction, but the considerations in favour of deferring to Florida outweigh the others sufficiently to displace the request that is shown for the plaintiff's choice of forum.
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