{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/section-22",
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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": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Supplementary provisions.",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in Schedule 8 shall prevent a court from declining jurisdiction on the ground offorum non conveniens.\n(2) Nothing in Schedule 8 affects the operation of any enactment or rule of law under which a court may decline to exercise jurisdiction because of the prorogation by parties of the jurisdiction of another court.\n(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that nothing in Schedule 8 affects thenobile officium of the Court of Session.\n(4) Where a court has jurisdiction in any proceedings by virtue of Schedule 8, that court shall also have jurisdiction to determine any matter which—\n(a) is ancilliary or incidental to the proceedings; or\n(b) requires to be determined for the purposes of a decision in the proceedings.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/22",
    "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."
}