This blog post is by James Pickering, Head of 12 KBW’s International & Travel Law Team. It will not have escaped the attention of our readers that, in Municipio De Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor [2025] EWHC 3001 (TCC), the Claimants in the Fundão Dam Litigation staged a truly remarkable comeback, escaping…
Read moreUK accedes to Hague Judgments Convention
Today, it is not just the weather that is extremely hot, but also the anticipation, as the United Kingdom’s hotly-anticipated ratification of the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (“the Hague Judgments Convention”) takes effect and the Convention enters into force in England and…
Read morePEOPIL Position Paper on post-Brexit UK-EU relations
In case you missed it, PEOPIL (The Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers) have published a position paper reflecting on the UK-EU Summit held in May 2025 as part of the UK-EU reset. The paper sets out PEOPIL’s view that there is no legal basis for the EU’s refusal of the UK’s request to rejoin…
Read moreForeign Judgments Part 2: A Practical Guide to Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
In Part 2 of this two-part series on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, Alex Cornelius provides practical guidance on how judgments obtained in foreign courts can be enforced in England and Wales under the pre-Brexit European provisions, specific statutory regimes and the common law. Part 1 of this series, considering the decision of Kerr…
Read moreForeign Judgments Part 1: Olsen v Finansiel Stabilitet A/S [2025] EWHC 42 (KB)
In Part 1 of this two-part blog series on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, Alex Cornelius outlines the recent decision of Kerr J in Olsen v Finansiel Stabilitet A/S [2025] EWHC 42 (KB). Part 2 will provide a helpful practical guide to the main avenues for enforcing foreign judgments in England and Wales. Olsen…
Read moreRemote Evidence from Overseas
“It is their problem, not yours!” Guidance to judges on parties seeking to adduce remote evidence from overseas issued by the Designated Civil Judge for Hampshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight, quoted in Amanda Seafood PTE Ltd v Sykes Seafood Ltd [2023] EW Misc 13 (CC) Although Sir Julian Flaux issued his Practice Note…
Read moreChanges incoming for service gateways
The 149th Practice Direction Update will see some significant changes being made to the CPR 6BPD service gateways with effect from 1 October 2022. The key new provisions (and what they mean in practical terms) are outlined in this blog post.
Read moreVictory for clinic in cross-border clinical negligence jurisdiction battle
In this blog post, John-Paul Swoboda considers the recent decision in Pal v Damen & Anor [2022] EWHC 4697 (QB). This was a cross-border clinical negligence battle following hot on the heels of Clarke v Kalecinski & Ors [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) (which we considered here). In May 2016 the Claimant, Lisa Pal, underwent elective…
Read moreCan you strike out without submitting to the jurisdiction?
We know from cases like PJSC Bank “Finance And Credit” & Anor v Valentynovich & Ors [2021] EWHC 2522 (Ch) at [67] and Tsareva v Ananyev [2019] EWHC 2414 (Comm) at [60] that defendants have been allowed to issue conjoined applications disputing the court’s jurisdiction while simultaneously applying for strike-out or summary judgment without this…
Read moreDefendant’s demand for service was not a submission to the jurisdiction
Next week, we will write about a recent decision on strike out and submission to the court’s jurisdiction. The key practice point is that it is vital for defendants to be crystal clear if they wish to keep jurisdiction in dispute. That is also borne out by the recent decision in Hand Held Products, Inc…
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