Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

The European Payment Order (EPO) is dealt with in an excellent article by Paul Stanley QC in the Solicitors’ Journal 23 September (www.solicitorsjournal.com) and is well worth a read.

EPO offers a simple and inexpensive way of directly enforcing a judgment obtained in a different European jurisdiction.

Even generally often one can serve court documents by ordinary post, but choosing a method where a receipt is required, can have significant advantages down the line and time again has been shown to be worth extra trouble.

Personal address is no longer effective if the defendant has actually moved, and the EPO will readily be set aside.

If you get involved in litigation and the service of documents take expert legal advice at an early stage.

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