Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Act 2015

Interpretation of Convention

4. (1) Judicial notice shall be taken of any relevant judgments delivered by courts of other Contracting States concerning provisions of the Convention and a court shall, when applying and interpreting its provisions, pay due account to the principles laid down by those decisions.

(2) Judicial notice shall be taken of the explanatory report by Trevor Hartley and Masato Dogauchi on the Convention and that report may be considered by any court when interpreting any of the provisions of the Convention and shall be given such weight as is appropriate in the circumstances.