Locus delicti

LOCUS DELICTI. The place where the tort, offence, or injury has been committed.

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Dow insisted that this situs was New Jersey while plaintiff pointed to Victoria as the locus delicti.
In action against Dow Jones & Co. for libel over Internet, Australian High Court rules that tort took place at point where subscribers downloaded it in Victoria State, plaintiff's work place, thus Victorian defamation law governs and its courts are appropriate fora in which to litigate
courts have no power to compel testimony from foreign witnesses, and often the locus delicti is a distant country requiring burdensome and expensive travel for witnesses.
Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.: a new standard for the enforcement of international law in U.S. courts?
First, both parties agree that the forum for deciding this case should be at the locus delicti.
In dispute over allegedly defamatory article published in Barrons Magazine, Victoria, Australia, court reviews whether there is jurisdiction based on publication in the internet, whether there is long-arm jurisdiction, and whether Victoria, rather than New Jersey, is an appropriate forum

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