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How easy is it to enforce English judgments in the EU post-Brexit? A look at the procedures in Italy, Germany and Spain

13 June 2024 / Author(s): Anastasiya Lutsenko , Donna Goldsworthy , Nicola Sewell
Issue: May 2021 / Categories: Feature

This article examines the rules that now apply in relation to the enforcement of English court judgments in the EU and goes on to consider, by reference to Italy, Germany and Spain, what this means for enforcement of judgments in practice. We highlight that these are the rules that apply as at the date of this article but are potentially subject to change (for example if the UK joins the Lugano Convention 2007 (Lugano Convention), as discussed further below).

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