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
On 1 July 2025, the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague 2019) entered into force in the United Kingdom. Hague 2019 is a multilateral...more
The 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Judgments Convention) is in force for the UK from July 1, 2025....more
UK membership will strengthen cross-border enforcement of English court judgments and reinforce London’s position as a key global centre for dispute resolution....more
In Byju’s Alpha, Inc. v. Oci Limited, 2025 (EWHC 271) (KB), the claimant in Delaware proceedings seeking to recover assets and losses arising from fraudulent misappropriation learned that funds had been transferred to an...more
Being able to enforce a judgment is of crucial importance for businesses: securing a judgment is a pyrrhic victory unless it can be enforced. Here we explore whether concerns about the recognition and enforcement procedure...more
Legal processes involving foreign entities in the Cayman Islands are governed by the civil procedure rules of the jurisdiction where the claim was filed. We strongly recommend that clients familiarize themselves with the...more
The UK Government has ratified a new multilateral treaty on the enforcement of judgments: the Hague Judgments Convention 2019, which will take effect in the UK from 1 July 2025 and will apply to any judgment of the Courts of...more
On 23 November 2023, the UK government published its response to its consultation on the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague...more
When the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020, several questions remained as to the nature and extent of future judicial cooperation between the United Kingdom and the European Union....more
The uneasy rumblings in the media recently on whether the UK would be welcomed back by the European Union (EU) into the Lugano Convention family were confirmed on 4 May 2021, when the European Commission issued its...more
In a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the EU and the UK agreed on the form of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU, European Atomic Energy Community and the UK on 24 December 2020 ("TCA") to bring about the...more
The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement has now been agreed. So what rules will apply to jurisdiction and foreign judgments in the UK from 1 January 2021? Introduction - It has been a long time in the making, but the...more
In a helpful decision for financial institutions, the High Court has held in Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft v Liquimar Tankers Management Inc [2017] EWHC 161 (Comm) that an asymmetric (or ‘hybrid’) jurisdiction clause is...more
Introduction - Regulation 44/2001 (the “Original Brussels Regulation”), which aimed to harmonise the approach to jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments across European Union Member States’...more