Where contract formation and identification of terms are in dispute, the applicability of the law of the forum to those questions is a significant factor weighing against a stay on forum non conveniens grounds, not a neutral factor. The caution required of Australian courts in interpreting foreign constitutions is relevant to the forum question but does not automatically render the Australian court a clearly inappropriate forum; the party seeking a stay must identify with precision the foreign laws said to require interpretation.
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