Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments) 2016.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments) 2016, shall come into operation on the 12th day of January 2016.
(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts.
(3) The Rules of the Superior Courts as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts 1986 to 2016.
(4) Notwithstanding the commencement of these Rules, any application to the High Court concerning:
(a) a judgment given in legal proceedings instituted in a Member State of the European Union (other than the State) before 10 January 2015;
(b) an authentic instrument formally drawn up or registered before 10 January 2015, or
(c) a court settlement approved or concluded before 10 January 2015,
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paragraphs: The Rules of the Superior Courts are amended:
(i) by the substitution for rule 1A of Order 4 of the following rule:
“1A. Where an indorsement of claim on an originating summons concerns a claim which by virtue of Regulation No. 1215/2012, Regulation No. 2201/2003, the 1968 Convention or the Lugano Convention, the Court has power to hear and determine, the following provisions shall apply:
(1) The originating summons shall be endorsed before it is issued with a statement that the Court has the power under Regulation No. 1215/2012, Regulation No. 2201/2003, the 1968 Convention or the Lugano Convention to hear and determine the claim and shall specify the particular provision or provisions of Regulation No. 1215/2012, Regulation No. 2201/2003, the 1968 Convention or the Lugano Convention (as the case may be) under which the Court should assume jurisdiction.
(2) The originating summons shall be endorsed before it is issued with a statement that no proceedings between the parties concerning the same cause of action are pending between the parties in another Member State of the European Union or in a Contracting State of the Lugano Convention.
(3) In matters referred to in Sections 3, 4 or 5 of Regulation No. 1215/2012 where the policyholder, the insured, a beneficiary of the insurance contract, the injured party, the consumer or the employee is the defendant, the originating summons shall be endorsed before it is issued with a statement that:
(i) the defendant has a right to contest the jurisdiction of the Court and that if he or she wishes to do so, he or she should enter an appearance to contest jurisdiction in accordance with Order 11A, rule 8, and
(ii) if he or she enters an unconditional appearance, the Court has jurisdiction under Article 26.1 of Regulation No. 1215/2012, and
(iii) if he or she does not enter an appearance, judgment may be given in default against him or her.”;
(ii) by the substitution for sub-rule (2) of rule 14 of Order 5 of the following sub-rule:
“(2) Service of an originating summons or other originating document or notice of an originating summons or other originating document out of the jurisdiction is permissible without the leave of the Court, if, but only if, it complies with the following conditions:
(i) each claim made by the summons or other originating document is one which by virtue of Regulation No. 1215/2012, Regulation No. 2201/2003, the 1968 Convention or the Lugano Convention, the Court has power to hear and determine, and
(ii) no proceedings between the parties concerning the same cause of action are pending between the parties in another Member State of the European Union or in a Contracting State of the Lugano Convention.”;