HELLO HAGUE
The 2019 Hague Convention is coming home (see ‘Civil way’, 174 NLJ 8071, p15, and Natalie Todd’s article ‘1 July 2025: Hague Judgments Day’, NLJ, 28 March 2025, p15). It will lead to the cross-border recognition and enforcement by other players of UK judgments in proceedings that commence on or after 1 July 2025. We are behind Ukraine and Uruguay. Government spin is that the convention’s application will save businesses time and money and encourage foreign companies to use the UK’s world-class lawyers and courts—take a bow—to settle their disputes and grow the economy overall. The reality is that this development will lead to fodder for your trainees and their elevation to equity partnership on admission if they succeed with enforcement abroad. Start them off in a locked room with the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2024 (SI 2024/595) which will now come alive.
LAWBITES
The Great Escape For welfare legal help short of advocacy
