Does the balance of convenience favours jurisdiction where the independent evidence that will be of greatest assistance to the court is in another jurisdiction?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ambreen v. Ali, 2020 ONSC 501 (CanLII):
In Solem v. Solem, 2013 ONSC 1097, at para. 64, the court stated that: “[w]here the independent evidence that will be of greatest assistance to the court is in another jurisdiction, the balance of convenience favours that jurisdiction.”
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