Where proceedings involving the same cause of action and between the same parties are brought in the courts of different States bound by this Convention, any court other than the court first seised shall of its own motion stay its proceedings until such time as the jurisdiction of the court first seised is established.
Má dhéantar imeachtaí leis an gcúis chéanna chaingne agus idir na páirtithe céanna a thionscnamh i gcúirteanna Stát éagsúil atá faoi cheangal ag an gCoinbhinsiún seo, dlífidh cúirt ar bith seachas an chéad chúirt ar tugadh os a comhair iad bac a chur ar a himeachtaí, uaithi féin, go dtí go suífear dlínse na chéad chúirte ar tugadh os a comhair iad.