Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (UK)

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Legislation dealing with the “Rome” rules on applicable law is contained in the following statutory instrument: The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/834). This instrument amended the Rome I and Rome II Regulations as retained by the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 so that they operate effectively as domestic law and made amendments to other related legislation. Practitioners should note, however, that both the Rome I and Rome II Regulations apply whether or not the applicable law is the law of an EU member state or not (see Article 2 of Rome I and Article 3 of Rome II).

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The 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements still applies to the UK (without interruption) from its original entry into force date of 1 October 2015. It was given the force of law in domestic law on 1 January 2021 by the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020, which also amended the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1124). Transitional cases in England and Wales Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/479), which was amended by The Jurisdiction, Judgments and Applicable Law (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1574)

On 8 April 2020, the Government applied for the UK to rejoin the Lugano Convention as an independent contracting state. It is now waiting for the other contracting parties to decide whether to agree to the UK joining the Convention. This guidance will be updated if the UK is able to rejoin this Convention with details of what this will mean for jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in cases to which the Convention applies and confirmation of the date from which this will be effective. 2. Special European procedures For guidance on international jurisdiction when the proceedings were instituted on or before 31 December 2020, see:

Schedule 4, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982

EEOs, EOPs and ESCP judgments issued by EU member state courts are no longer recognised or enforceable in the UK; and Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/834) which was also amended by SI 2020/1574 the Rome 2 Regulation applies in respect of events giving rise to damage, where such events occurred on or after 11 January 2009 (including after the end of the transition period).

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Text of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. for cases under the Brussels 1a Regulation and its predecessors and the EU-Denmark Agreement, Articles 67 and 69 of the Withdrawal Agreement