Consultation outcome

Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague 2019)

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 15 December 2022
• Last updated: 23 November 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Government response to the Hague Convention of July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague 2019)

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Government response to the Hague Convention of July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague 2019)

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This is the government’s response to its consultation on the Hague 2019 Convention of July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague 2019)

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on whether the UK should sign and ratify Hague 2019.

This consultation ran from
11am on 15 December 2022 to 11:59pm on 9 February 2023

Consultation description

The Hague Convention of 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (hereafter: ‘Hague 2019’; ‘the Convention’) is a multilateral Private International Law (PIL) convention which establishes common rules to facilitate the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments between Contracting States of the Convention.

At the time of writing, the Convention has 7 signatories and 2 parties have ratified it (the EU and Ukraine).

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Consultation on the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague 2019)

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Consultation on the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague 2019)

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Annex A: Members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law

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Annex B: Exclusions from scope

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Annex C: Article 7

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Published 15 December 2022
Last updated 23 November 2023 + show all updates

1. 23 November 2023

   Final Outcome added

2. 15 December 2022

   First published.