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

Proof and admissibility of certain judgments and related translations and documents.

10.—(1) For the purposes of the Conventions—

(a) a document, duly authenticated, which purports to be a copy of a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State other than the State shall without further proof be deemed to be a true copy of the judgment, unless the contrary is shown; and

(b) the original or a copy of any such document as is mentioned in Article 46.2 or 47 shall be admissible as evidence of any matter to which it relates.

(2) A document which—

(a) purports to be a translation of a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State other than the State or of a document mentioned in Article 46.2, 47 or 50 or containing a settlement referred to in Article 51, and

(b) is certified as correct by a person competent to do so,

shall be admissible as evidence of the translation.