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Forum-Shopping
B. The practice of choosing the most favorable
jurisdiction or court in which a claim may be heard.
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Legal Definition -
The practice of choosing the most favorable jurisdiction or court in
which a claim may be heard. --A plaintiff might engage in forum-shopping,
for example, by filing suit in a jurisdiction with a reputation for high
jury awards or by filing several similar suits and keeping the one with the
preferred judge.
Black's
Law Dictionary® Eighth Edition © 2004
Current
Usage -
Legal Opinion: Max Mosley goes
forum shopping in Paris:
In his war over lurid press stories about his sex life, Max Mosley,
president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), has sued
the News of the World in France (for defamation and invasion of privacy) as
well as in England (for breach of privacy). It is not the first time media
litigants have opened up a second front in France. Shrewd use of the
differences between French and English law can give a decisive advantage. I
was acting for defendants recently who were sued for libel in London by a US
resident. The English court can order foreign claimants to pay money into
court in London as security for the defendant's costs, but will usually not
do so if the claimant has property in Europe. Our claimant gave a property
he owned in France as his official address in the litigation. Mr Mosley will
almost certainly get a swifter trial of his privacy complaint in Paris than
in London. He stands a greater chance of it being in his favour than in
London. Whether his strategy will pay off in this remarkable case only time
and possibly a judge or two in Paris will tell.
The Independent June 4, 2008.
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