Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982

19 Recognition of U.K. judgments in other parts of U.K.U.K.

(1)A judgment to which this section applies given in one part of the United Kingdom shall not be refused recognition in another part of the United Kingdom solely on the ground that, in relation to that judgment, the court which gave it was not a court of competent jurisdiction according to the rules of private international law in force in that other part.

(2)Subject to subsection (3), this section applies to any judgment to which section 18 applies.

(3)This section does not apply to—

(a)the documents mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of “judgment” in section 18(2);

(b)the awards and orders mentioned in paragraphs (d) and (e) of that definition;

(c)the decrees and orders referred to in section 18(4).