Foreign Judgment in UK Law

  • Black-Clawson International Ltd v Papierwerke Waldhof-Aschaffenburg A.G.
    • House of Lords
    • 05 Marzo 1975
    ... ... in this case is the proper interpretation of section 8 of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, 1933. The facts are not in ... whether section 8 entitles the Respondents to rely on the German judgment as conclusive on the merits ... In this case it appears to me to be ... ...
  • Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd and Others (Original Appeal) and Rayner & Keeler Ltd and Others v Courts and Others (Cross Appeal)
    • House of Lords
    • 18 Mayo 1966
    ... ... Appeal, be, and the same is hereby, Reversed , and that the Judgment of the Honourable Mr. Justice Cross, of the 6th day of March 1964. thereby ... It is a firmly established principle that the question whether a foreign state ruler or government is or is not sovereign is one on which our ... ...
  • Adams v Cape Industries Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 Julio 1989
    ... ... 1 ... 2 This is the judgment of the Court, to which all its members have contributed, on an appeal by ... , subject to certain qualifications, the judgment in personam of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction may be sued on in this country as creating ... ...
  • NML Capital Ltd v Republic of Argentina
    • Supreme Court
    • 06 Julio 2011
    ... ... On 11 May 2006, NML, as beneficial owner, obtained summary judgment on the bonds for a total, including interest, of US$ 284,184,632.30, in a ... 3 In order to serve a foreign sovereign state it is necessary to obtain the permission of the court to ... ...
  • New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Grant; Rubin v Eurofinance SA
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 Octubre 2012
    ... ... issue is whether, and if so, in what circumstances, an order or judgment of a foreign court (on these appeals the United States Bankruptcy Court ... ...
  • AK Investment CJSC v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Ltd
    • Privy Council
    • 10 Marzo 2011
    ... ... commenced in the Isle of Man by BITEL to enforce a Kyrgyz judgment at common law against the Respondents, Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Ltd, Flaxendale ... to the New York Convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Injunctions in England and BVI ... ...
  • House of Spring Gardens Ltd v Waite
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Abril 1990
    ... ... This is an appeal by the third defendant (Mr McLeod) from a judgment given by Sir Peter Pain sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, against all ... 41 (2) In considering whether a foreign judgment could be impeached for fraud, it was well established that ... ...
  • Owens Bank Ltd v Fulvio Bracco and Another ; Case C-129/92
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Mayo 1994
    ... ... under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1920 a judgment of the High Court of St. Vincent and the Grenadines dated 29 January 1988 ... who is seeking to resist the enforcement against him of a foreign judgment, either by an action on the foreign judgment at common law or ... ...
  • Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 05 Noviembre 1975
    ... ... : " execution be stayed for 21 days upon the balance between the Judgment as expressed in Swiss Francs and Sterling and if the Defendants do within ... [1961] A.C. 1007 that, on a foreign currency claim, judgment can only be given in sterling, to which the ... ...
  • Masri v Consolidated Contractors International UK Ltd and Others (No. 2)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 06 Junio 2008
    ... ... Strand, London, WC2A 2LL (Transcript of the Handed Down Judgment of Smith Bernal Wordwave Limited, 190 Fleet Street London EC4A 2AG Tel No: ... In the case of foreign proceedings, that power is subject to the defendant in those proceedings ... ...
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