Recognition of Foreign Judgments in the United States (VIDEO)
On 1 July 2025, the Hague Convention of July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the “Convention”) came into force in the UK. The Convention allows civil and commercial...more
In the current economic climate, it is important that lenders understand how they can enforce security and debt claims, to help in assessing options in the event of default by their customers, and when structuring new...more
A wide-ranging mechanism allowing for reciprocal enforcement of judgments in mainland China and Hong Kong has come one stage closer with the gazetting on 4 November 2022 of the Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial...more
The 2019 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters offers certainty in cross-border enforcement of judgments. On 2 July 2019, the Hague Conference on Private...more
Businesses and entrepreneurs on both sides of the Pacific should be aware and celebrate that just as cross-border commerce is increasing, so, too, is international judicial recognition of commercial judgments, as evidenced by...more
Every year, thousands of foreign court judgments are brought to U.S. federal and state courts for recognition and enforcement, raising thorny issues for both U.S. and foreign lawyers seeking to obtain, or oppose, recognition....more
UK Supreme Court decision confirms traditional rules on enforcement of all US judgments in England and reverses a significant liberalisation of cross-border bankruptcy law....more