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The Hague Judgments Convention: enforcement matters

21 June 2024 / Janna Purdie
Issue: 8076 / Categories: Features , EU , Commercial
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What is the Hague Judgments Convention, & what does it mean for the UK? Janna Purdie provides the answers
  • The Hague Judgments Convention aims to provide a framework that would give more certainty and predictability to the enforcement of foreign judgments.
  • The UK has signed the convention, but it is not yet in force.
  • Once in force, the convention will provide an enforcement regime to help simplify the process of enforcing UK judgments in an EU member state.

The Hague Judgments Convention (HJC) was signed by the UK in January but is not yet in force here. Just what is it and what does it mean for practitioners dealing with cross-border disputes?

What is it?

To give it its full title, the Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters is an international convention that sets out a framework for the enforcement of civil or commercial judgments between contracting states. It aims to provide certainty and predictability for the enforcement of foreign judgments

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