04 December 2020

A guide to enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards in Jersey: overview (PLC Chapter)

Lawyers from our dispute resolution and litigation practice have drafted these Q&As, which give a structured overview of key practical issues concerning enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards in Jersey.

Judgments: legal framework

  • Domestic framework
  • International conventions/agreements
  • Definitions
  • Enforceable/excluded types of judgment

 

Judgments: procedure for enforcement

  • Overview
  • Foreign judgments: formal/similified proceedings
  • Form of application

 

Challenging enforcement

  • Service
  • Final/provisional judgments
  • Foreign judgments: jurisdiction
  • Foreign judgments: review of judgment
  • Foreign judgments: public policy
  • Domestic and foreign: other conditions for recognition and enforcement

 

Judgments: methods of enforcement

Judgments: interim remedies and interest

  • Interim remedies
  • Interest
  • Currency

 

Arbitral awards: legal framework

  • Domestic framework
  • International conventions/agreements
  • Definitions

 

Enforceable/excluded types of arbitral award

Enforcement proceedings

  • Procedure
  • Form of application

 

Challenging enforcement 

  • Service
  • Pending challenge proceedings
  • Review/opposition
  • Public policy

 

Actual enforcement

Arbitral awards: interim remedies and interest

  • Interim remedies
  • Interest
  • Currency

 

Judgments and arbitral awards: proposals for reform

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