This section applies if an action in tort is brought by one civil partner against the other during the subsistence of the civil partnership.
The court may stay the proceedings if it appears—
that no substantial benefit would accrue to either civil partner from the continuation of the proceedings, or
that the question or questions in issue could more conveniently be disposed of on an application under section 66.
Without prejudice to subsection (2)(b), the court may in such an action—
exercise any power which could be exercised on an application under section 66, or
give such directions as it thinks fit for the disposal under that section of any question arising in the proceedings.