Enforcement of foreign judgments: towards universalism? | Practical Law

Enforcement of foreign judgments: towards universalism? | Practical Law

Two Court of Appeal decisions have suggested that English law, in common with developments in Canadian and French law, may be moving towards a more liberal or universal approach to enforcing foreign judgments, at least in the context of assisting foreign courts to enforce money judgments closely related to insolvency.

Enforcement of foreign judgments: towards universalism?

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Enforcement of foreign judgments: towards universalism?

by Barnaby Stueck and Lucas Moore, Jones Day
Published on 29 Mar 2012United Kingdom
Two Court of Appeal decisions have suggested that English law, in common with developments in Canadian and French law, may be moving towards a more liberal or universal approach to enforcing foreign judgments, at least in the context of assisting foreign courts to enforce money judgments closely related to insolvency.