Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill 1998
Public bill · Government · Presented
Sets out which courts should hear civil and commercial disputes involving Ireland and other European countries, and makes it easier to recognise and enforce judgments across those countries, including decisions on maintenance payments. It also applies similar rules to the Lugano Convention countries, protects consumers by generally allowing them to sue in their own country, provides for interest, costs and protective measures, and replaces earlier legislation with one consolidated framework.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to consolidate the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Acts, 1988 and 1993, to give the force of law to the Convention signed at Brussels on the 29th day of November, 1996 on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters and to the Protocol on its interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities with the adjustments made to them by the Convention on the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, of Ireland and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, by the Convention on the accession of the Hellenic Republic and by the Convention on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and to provide for related matters
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- Private Members' Business. - Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill, 1998 [ Seanad ]: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill, 1998: Report of Select Committee. Dáil
- Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill, 1998 [ Seanad ]: Second Stage. Dáil
- Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill, 1998 [ Seanad ]: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill, 1998: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill, 1998: Committee and Remaining Stages. Seanad
- Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill, 1998: Order for Second Stage. Seanad
- Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Bill, 1998: Second Stage. Seanad