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The forum is not convenient to the defendant or his witnesses. There may be problems of expense of travel, health, or visa or entry permit. The court, the judge, or the law is most likely to favour the plaintiff's case. The defendant may take the following actions to seek a change of venue:
Forum selection clauses, establishing venue convenient to the offeror, are near universal in form contracts offered by a party that does business in many places. The proper recourse for challenging venue is a motion to dismiss for improper venue. Fed. R. Civ. P 12(b)(3).
In contract law, a forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, governing law clause, jurisdiction clause or an arbitration clause, depending on its form) in a contract with a conflict of laws element allows the parties to agree that any disputes relating to that contract will be resolved in a specific forum.
Traditional public forums cannot be changed to nonpublic forums by governments. The use of public forums generally cannot be restricted based on the content of the speech expressed by the user. Use can be restricted based on content, however, if the restriction passes a strict scrutiny test for a traditional and designated forum or the ...
In the world of sports, a stadium, arena or complex will need renovations -- or maybe a new structure altogether. There are typically a few ways to go about financing the construction: public ...
Forum non conveniens (Latin for "an inconvenient forum" [1] [2] [3]) (FNC) is a mostly common law legal doctrine through which a court acknowledges that another forum or court where the case might have been brought is a more appropriate venue for a legal case, and dismisses the case. Forum non conveniens may be used to dismiss a case, for ...
Venue in the legal sense is an element of civil or criminal procedure, often discussed in conjunction with jurisdiction. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Venue (law), the place a case is heard; Financial trading venue, a place or system where financial transactions can occur; Music venue, place used for a concert or musical performance; Sport venue, place used for a sporting event; Theater (structure), or venue, a place used for performing theater