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 States

55.—(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.