PART IImplementation of the Conventions
Other supplementary provisions
11Proof and admissibility of certain judgments and related documents
1
For the purposes of the 1968 Convention—
a
a document, duly authenticated, which purports to be a copy of a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State other than the United Kingdom shall without further proof be deemed to be a true copy, unless the contrary is shown ; and
b
the original or a copy of any such document as is mentioned in Article 46(2) or 47 (supporting documents to be produced by a party seeking recognition or enforcement of a judgment) shall be evidence, and in Scotland sufficient evidence, of any matter to which it relates.
2
A document purporting to be a copy of a judgment given by any such court as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is duly authenticated for the purposes of this section if it purports—
a
to bear the seal of that court; or
b
to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge or officer of that court to be a true copy of a judgment given by that court.
3
Nothing in this section shall prejudice the admission in evidence of any document which is admissible apart from this section.