Treaty

Convention on the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters and to the Protocol on its interpretation by the Court of Justice

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party Reservations / Declarations Objections
Denmark Yes No
United Kingdom Yes No

Denmark

27-08-1986

The ratification did not extend to Greenland

United Kingdom

07-10-1986

Declare that the Convention shall apply to Gibraltar being a territory for whose international relations the Government of the United Kingdom are responsible. Declare that the following provisions of the Convention shall be implemented in Gibraltar in the manner specified bellow: Article 3 - the references with respect to the United Kingdom in the second paragraph to certain rules enabling the founding of jurisdiction shall apply mutatis mutandis to Gibraltar; Article 30 - the reference to the United Kingdom in the second paragraph shall apply to Gibraltar also; Article 32 - an application for enforcement of a judgement shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, or in the case of a maintenance judgement to the Magistrates' Court on transmission by the Attorney General of Gibraltar; Article 37 - an appeal against a decision authorising enforcement shall be lodged with the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, or in the case of a maintenance judgement with the Magistrates' Court on transmission by the Attorney General of Gibraltar; the judgement given on the appeal may be contested only by a single further appeal on a point of law to the Court of Appeal of Gibraltar, or in the case of a maintenance judgement to the Supreme Court of Gibraltar by way of case stated; Article 38 - the reference to the United Kingdom in the second paragraph shall apply to Gibraltar also; Article 40 - an applicant may appeal against the refusal of an application for enforcement to the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, or in the case of a maintenance judgement to the Magistrates' Court; Article 41 - a judgement on an appeal provided for in Article 40 may be contested only by a single further appeal on a point of law to the Court of Appeal of Gibraltar, or in the case of a maintenance judgement to the Supreme Court of Gibraltar by way of case stated. By analogy with the provisions of Article 62 of the Convention the date on which the Convention shall come into effect for Gibraltar is 1 October, 1998 being the first day of the third month following the deposit of this Note.

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