Notice is hereby given that the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/713) shall come into force on 1 July 2025, that being the date on which the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (“the 2019 Hague Convention”) will enter into force in relation to the United Kingdom.

Note:

The United Kingdom ratified the 2019 Hague Convention on 27 June 2024. Under Article 28(2) and 29(2), it shall enter into force in relation to the United Kingdom on the first day of the month following the expiration of the period of twelve months after that date, which is 1 July 2025. By virtue of declarations made by the United Kingdom on 27 June 2024 and 26 March 2025, the Convention will extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Details of Contracting States and their declarations and reservations in relation to the Convention can be found at https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=137.