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2019 Hague Judgments Convention: UK Regulations 2024 and CPR Part 74 amendments—registration model, certificates, commencement and likely 2026 applicability

Published on: 10 May 2024

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The Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/713

Signed off on 24 May 2024. The UK signed the convention on 12 January 2024 (LNB News 12/01/2024 46: UK signs the Hague Judgments Convention). Since that point, work has continued to finalise amendments to existing legislation, establishing the legal framework required to enable the convention to operate. The different aspects of this are addressed by:

  • The Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2024, SI 2024/595—these rules amend Part 74 of the CPR, notably to allow registration of foreign judgments under the convention and to provide for certificates for judgments of England and Wales for enforcement in other countries that are contracting states to the convention. Further, the amendments also revise existing provisions in the rules for the Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention which will, from the date the Hague Judgments Convention comes into force, also be dealt with under...

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