This has largely stopped “forum shopping”, with a rule that the first court to be approached decides the divorce.
这很大程度上抑制了“选择法庭”的情况，是因为一项规则规定，由第一次选择的法庭判决离婚。
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A reform in 2001 called Brussels II tried to stop forum shopping, in which each party sought the most favourable jurisdiction, by ruling that the first court to be approached decides the divorce.
However, where the foreign proceedings are in an appropriate forum and are well under way, the English court will stay its proceedings in the interests of justice.