Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (UK)

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This statutory instrument also preserves and amends the Rome Convention Rules, which are set out in the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990, so that they still apply to contracts entered into between 1 April 1991 and 16 December 2009. This SI has been amended by The Jurisdiction, Judgments and Applicable Law (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1574) to ensure in particular that its provisions are consistent with Title VI of the Withdrawal Agreement. Cases in England and Wales Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/834) which was also amended by SI 2020/1574 for cases under the Lugano Convention, regulation 92 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

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the ESCP Regulation still applies to small claims procedures for which the application was lodged before the end of the transition period. For contracts concluded, or where an event giving rise to damage occurs, after the end of the transition period, the retained Rome I and Rome II Regulations (and, for relevant old contracts, the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990) as amended by the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (which was further amended by SI 2020/1574) applies to determine applicable law in relation to contractual or non-contractual obligations. The retained versions of Rome I and Rome II Regulations also apply to determine applicable law in the case of intra-UK conflicts of laws (or conflicts of laws between the UK and Gibraltar), where the contract is concluded, or the events giving rise to the damage occurred, before the end of the transition period. 3.2 Cases in an EU member stateFor guidance on international jurisdiction when the proceedings were instituted on or before 31 December 2020, see: Both Article 67 (and 69) and regulation 92 provide that courts in England and Wales will continue to apply the relevant EU rules on jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgments which applied immediately before the end of the transition period (e.g. as appropriate, those of Brussels Ia and the Lugano Convention) to cases where the proceedings were commenced before the end of the transition period. Article 67 (and 69) and regulation 92 also provide that courts in England and Wales will continue to apply the EU rules on recognition and enforcement which applied immediately before the end of the transition period (e.g. those of Brussels Ia and Lugano respectively) where the parties have concluded a court settlement, or formally drawn up or registered an “authentic instrument”, before the end of the transition period, and recognition and enforcement is sought after that date in England or Wales. for contractual obligations, Regulation (EC) No 593/2009 (the Rome I Regulation) applies to contracts entered into from 17 December 2009; the 1980 Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations applies to contracts entered into between 1 April 1991 and 16 December 2009); UK courts are unable to certify judgments as EEOs, issue EOPs or ESCP judgments. Claims which would have been capable of being pursued in the UK under the EOP or ESCP Regulations prior to the end of the transition period need to be made in the appropriate court as ordinary civil claims. Text of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

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Practice Note: International jurisdiction—allocating employment cases between national courts and tribunals The treatment of transitional cases by EU member state courts is governed by Title VI, Part 3 of the Withdrawal Agreement.for cases under the Brussels 1a Regulation and its predecessors and the EU-Denmark Agreement, Articles 67 and 69 of the Withdrawal Agreement This Practice Note considers the provisions of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (CJJA 1982), which determine the question of international jurisdiction in relation to employment proceedings instituted on or after 1 January 2021.

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EEOs, EOPs and ESCP judgments issued by EU member state courts are no longer recognised or enforceable in the UK; and These rules apply to proceedings instituted on or after 1 January 2021 and they replace Brussels I (recast) and the Lugano Convention which applied in respect of proceedings instituted before the end of the Brexit transition period.

Both Article 67 and regulation 92 include judgments delivered, whether before or after the end of the transition period, by a court in the UK or an EU member state in proceedings commenced before the end of the transition period, but which have not been enforced in an EU member state or the United Kingdom respectively before the end of the transition period. Exclusive choice of court agreements entered into from 1 October 2015 which choose a UK court or the court of an EU member state for the resolution of disputes, will continue to be subject to the terms of the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. New cases in England and Wales Note that the following have been amended with effect from 11pm on 31 December 2020 to ensure in particular that their provisions are consistent with Title VI of the Withdrawal Agreement. For claims initiated after the end of the transition period, involving an exclusive choice of court agreement entered into from 1 October 2015, in which the chosen court is established in a contracting party to that Convention (which includes all EU member states), the rules of the Hague Convention 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements) apply. The EU rules governing applicable law in civil and commercial cases in the UK and EU member states before the end of the transition period can be found in the following EU instruments and agreements:

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An Act to make further provision about the jurisdiction of courts and tribunals in the United Kingdom and certain other territories and about the recognition and enforcement of judgments given in the United Kingdom or elsewhere; to provide for the modification of certain provisions relating to legal aid; and for connected purposes.

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The treatment of transitional cases (where proceedings commenced before the end of the transition period) is governed by: Can a lawyer qualified in Scotland be the ‘relevant independent adviser’ for the purposes of a settlement Article 66 of the Withdrawal Agreement provides that, in EU member states (in cases involving the UK): On 8 April 2020, the Government applied for the UK to rejoin the Lugano Convention as an independent contracting state. It is now waiting for the other contracting parties to decide whether to agree to the UK joining the Convention. This guidance will be updated if the UK is able to rejoin this Convention with details of what this will mean for jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in cases to which the Convention applies and confirmation of the date from which this will be effective. 2. Special European procedures the Rome 1 Regulation continues to apply in respect of contracts concluded from 17 December 2009 (including after the end of the transition period); and