02 July 2025
The 2019 Hague Convention came into force in the UK this week, marking a seminal moment for disputes lawyers
The Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters enables the enforcement of English judgments in contracting states, which include the EU, and vice versa. It will apply where proceedings commenced after 1 July 2025.
Writing in NLJ (28 March 2025, p15), Natalie Todd, partner at Cooke, Young & Keidan, said Hague 2019 would ‘restore a level of reciprocal enforcement with the EU not known since the end of the Brexit transition period’.
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