Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (European Communities) Act, 1988

Provision of certain documents by courts in the State to interested parties.

12.—As respects a judgment given by a court in the State, the registrar or clerk of the court shall, at the request of an interested party and subject to any conditions that may be specified by rules of court, give to the interested party—

(a) a copy of the judgment duly authenticated,

(b) a certificate signed by the registrar or clerk of the court stating—

(i) the nature of the proceedings,

(ii) the grounds, pursuant to the 1968 Convention, on which the court assumed jurisdiction,

(iii) the date on which the time for the lodging of an appeal against the judgment will expire or, if it has expired, the date on which it expired,

(iv) whether notice of appeal against, or, in any case where the defendant does not appear, a notice to set aside, the judgment has been entered,

(v) where the judgment is for the payment of a sum of money, the rate of interest, if any, payable on the sum and the date from which interest is payable, and

(vi) such other particulars (if any) as may be specified by rules of court,

and

(c) in case the judgment was given in default of appearance, the original or a copy, certified by the registrar or clerk of the court to be a true copy, of a document establishing that notice of the institution of proceedings was served on the person in default.