Commentary on Sections Part 2 – Civil Partnership: England and Wales.Introduction Chapter 3 – Property and financial arrangements Section 69: Actions in tort between civil partners
128.This section enables the court to stay proceedings in tort brought by one civil partner against the other during their civil partnership if it appears that neither party would substantially benefit from continuation of the proceedings, or where the issue could better be resolved by an application under section 66. It also enables the court to exercise any of the powers it could exercise under section 66 or give any directions as it thinks fit for the disposal, under that section, of any question arising in the proceedings.