SCHEDULE 7V. RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT: COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) NO. 44/2001 OF 22ND DECEMBER 2000 ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

Enforcement of High Court Judgments in other Regulation States55

1

An application to the court by any interested party for a certificate under Article 54 of the Judgments Regulation must be made—

a

without notice being served on any other party, and

b

on witness statement or affidavit.

2

A witness statement or affidavit under paragraph (1)(b) must—

a

give particulars of the proceedings in which the judgment was obtained;

b

contain evidence of service of the claim form by which the proceedings were begun where judgment was given in default of appearance by the defendant; and

c

where appropriate, include any document showing that for these proceedings the applicant is an assisted person or an LSC funded client, as defined in CPR rule 43.2(1)(h) and (i).

3

An office copy of the judgment sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court shall be issued together with a certificate, in the form of Annex V to the Judgments Regulation, signed by a High Court judge, the Admiralty Registrar, a Master or a district judge and sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court.