Explanatory note

This Order applies specified provisions in the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (as amended) (which implements the 1968 Brussels Convention and the 1988 Lugano Convention) to authentic instruments and court settlements from Contracting States other than the United Kingdom, which by virtue of Title IV of each of the Conventions are enforceable in the same manner as judgments.

Authentic instruments usually take the form of agreements containing obligations, which are drawn up by the parties before a notary public. They exist in most European legal systems, as do court settlements, which are settlements of legal proceedings agreed by the parties and approved by the court, and which are enforceable without having to be drawn up as judgments.

Sections 4 to 8, 11, 12 and 15 are applied, with modifications, and section 48 is applied, to such documents and settlements as if they were judgments to which the relevant Convention applies.