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Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (Amendment) Bill 2011
The Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (Amendment) Bill
2011 was taken at all Stages in Dail Éireann on 1 March 2012 and has now
completed its passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Bill
completed its passage through the Seanad on 14 December last.
The objective of the Bill is to implement the Convention on jurisdiction
and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial
matters signed at Lugano on 30 October 2007, the 2007 Lugano Convention.
The primary purpose of the 2007 Lugano Convention is to ensure that the
same regime will apply for the recognition and enforcement of judgments
moving between Switzerland, Norway and Iceland and the EU as the regime
which at present prevails within the European Union for judgments coming
from the Member States.
The 2007 Convention was concluded by the European Community in May 2009 and has since been ratified by all of the relevant EFTA countries.