# Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Paragraph 2

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

This Convention shall not prevent a court of a Contracting State which is party to a convention referred to in the first paragraph from assuming jurisdiction in accordance with that convention, even where the defendant is domiciled in a Contracting State which is not a party to that convention. The court hearing the action shall, in any event, apply Article 20 of this Convention.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/3C/part/TITLE/VII/crossheading/article-57/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3C/part-TITLE/VII/crossheading-article-57/paragraph-2
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