# Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Article 26

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A judgment given in a Contracting State shall be recognised in the other Contracting States without any special procedure being required.
Any interested party who raises the recognition of a judgment as the principal issue in a dispute may, in accordance with the procedures provided for in Sections 2 and 3 of this Title, apply for a decision that the judgment be recognised.
If the outcome of proceedings in a court of a Contracting State depends on the determination of an incidental question of recognition that court shall have jurisdiction over that question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/3C/part/TITLE/III/chapter/Section/1/crossheading/article-26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3C/part-TITLE/III/chapter-Section/1/crossheading-article-26
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