Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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forum-shopping

The practice of choosing the most favorable jurisdiction or court in which a claim might 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. Cf. JUDGE-SHOPPING.

forum-shopping clause

See FORUM-SELECTION CLAUSE.