Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982

[F1 Article 37 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 substituted (1.1.2001) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1824), arts. 1, 8(1), Sch. 1

1 U.K. An appeal against the decision authorizing enforcement shall be lodged in accordance with the rules governing procedure in contentious matters—

• in Belgium, with the tribunal de première instance or rechtbank van eerste aanleg,

• in Denmark, with the landsret,

• in the Federal Republic of Germany, with the Oberlandesgericht,

• in Greece, with the Εφετειο,

• in Spain, with the Audiencia Provincial,

• in France, with the cour d'appel,

• in Ireland, with the High Court,

• in Italy, with the corte d'appello,

• in Luxembourg, with the Court supérieure de justice sitting as a court of civil appeal,

• in the Netherlands, with the arrondissementsrechtbank,

• in Austria, with the Bezirksgericht,

• in Portugal, with the Tribunal de Relacção,

• in Finland, with the hovioikeus/hovrätt,

• in Sweden, with the Svea hovrätt,

• in the United Kingdom—

  (a)

  in England and Wales, with the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment with the Magistrates' Court;

  (b)

  in Scotland, with the Court of Session, or in the case of a maintenance judgment with the Sheriff Court;

  (c)

  in Northern Ireland, with the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment with the Magistrates' Court.

2 U.K. The judgment given on the appeal may be contested only—

• in Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg and in the Netherlands, by an appeal in cassation,

• in Denmark, by an appeal to the højesteret, with the leave of the Minister of Justice,

• in the Federal Republic of Germany, by a Rechtsbeschwerde,

• in Ireland, by an appeal on a point of law to the Supreme Court,

• in Austria, in the case of an appeal by a Revisionsrekurs and, in the case of opposition proceedings, by a Berufung with the possibility of a revision,

• in Portugal, by an appeal on a point of law,

• in Finland, by an appeal to korkein oikeus/högsta domstolen,

• in Sweden, by an appeal to Högsta domstolen,

• in the United Kingdom, by a single further appeal on a point of law.]