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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3F/part/chapter-IV/crossheading-declarations-limiting-recognition-and-enforcement",
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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/3F/part/chapter/IV/crossheading/declarations-limiting-recognition-and-enforcement",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": "Article 20",
  "heading": "Declarations limiting recognition and enforcement",
  "text": "A State may declare that its courts may refuse to recognise or enforce a judgment given by a court of another Contracting State if the parties were resident in the requested State, and the relationship of the parties and all other elements relevant to the dispute, other than the location of the chosen court, were connected only with the requested State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 3F inserted (31.12.2020) by Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 3 (with s. 3(1), Sch. 5 para. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3F inserted (31.12.2020) by Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 3 (with s. 3(1), Sch. 5 para. 7)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/3F/part/chapter/IV/crossheading/declarations-limiting-recognition-and-enforcement",
    "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."
}