I.  PRESENT ATTITUDE TOWARD ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS

A. Describe the receptiveness of your government (including courts) toward enforcement of foreign money judgments.

In principle, the government favours enforcement of foreign money judgments provided there is no breach of natural justice. Foreign judgments are in practice much more easily enforceable at common law than they are in many other countries. The attitude of the government and courts is therefore generally to assist in the enforcement of foreign judgments rather than to restrict such enforcement.

There are a number of statutory provisions in force in England and Wales which provide for enforcement of judgments made in a foreign country. The countries which have reciprocal arrangements with the United Kingdom by virtue of these statutes are set out in Appendix II. The United Kingdom has three separate jurisdictions, namely those of England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. This survey shall concentrate on the provisions and law affecting England and Wales. It should be noted that, for the purposes of Reciprocal Enforcement, Jersey, Guernsey, the other Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not included within the definition of the United Kingdom