# Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Section 34: Certain judgments a bar to further proceedings on the same cause of action.

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

No proceedings may be brought by a person in England and Wales or Northern Ireland on a cause of action in respect of which a judgment has been given in his favour in proceedings between the same parties, or their privies, in a court in another part of the United Kingdom or in a court of an overseas country, unless that judgment is not enforceable or entitled to recognition in England and Wales or, as the case may be, in Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/section-34
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