International agreement to boost British business
Businesses will save time and money on repetitive legal action thanks to new international rules coming into force across the UK on 1 July.
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- UK judgments against foreign suppliers will be recognised by participating countries overseas
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Businesses will save time and money on repetitive legal action thanks to new international rules coming into force across the UK on 1 July.
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Justice Minister, Lord Ponsonby, said:
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The 2019 Hague Convention is already being applied by 29 parties, from Ukraine to EU countries, with Uruguay joining last year. This means UK civil and commercial judgments will be recognised and enforced in these nations and that the UK will recognise judgments made in their courts.
With 91 members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), a major multilateral forum for private international law rules which has produced numerous conventions including the 2019 Hague Convention, Hague 2019 has a potentially global reach.Β
The Convention will apply to judgments given in proceedings that commence on or after 1 July 2025 across the entire United Kingdom or in other participating countries.