Where concurrent proceedings in different courts or tribunals raise overlapping issues, the preferred approach is case management (including consolidation, joint trials, or identification of common questions) rather than a blanket stay, particularly where the same court controls both sets of proceedings. The Dust Diseases Tribunal's exclusive jurisdiction under ss 10-11 of the DDT Act extends only to the claims actually made in proceedings before it, not to all issues that may overlap with those claims. A party maintaining concurrent proceedings in different forums is not necessarily guilty of abuse of process where the proceedings involve different legal bases (e.g., tortfeasor contribution vs contractual reimbursement) and the later proceedings are more advanced.
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