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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3C/part-TITLE/II/chapter-Section/6/crossheading-article-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/27",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/3C/part/TITLE/II/chapter/Section/6/crossheading/article-18",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 18",
  "text": "Apart from jurisdiction derived from other provisions of this Convention, a court of a Contracting State before whom a defendant enters an appearance shall have jurisdiction. This rule shall not apply where appearance was entered solely to contest the jurisdiction, or where another court has exclusive jurisdiction by virtue of Article 16.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 substituted (1.1.2001) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1824), arts. 1, 8(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/3C/part/TITLE/II/chapter/Section/6/crossheading/article-18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:12:10.218317+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}