The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR(D) 127
Queen’s Bench Division
Strategic Technologies PTE Ltd v Procurement Bureau of the Republic of China Ministry of National Defence
[2020] EWHC 362 (QB)
2020 Jan 28–30; Feb 4; 21
Carr J
Conflict of laws— Foreign judgment— Enforcement— Claimant obtaining judgment in Singapore against Taiwanese defendant— Claimant later obtaining default judgment against defendant in Cayman Islands based on Singapore judgment debt— Defendant seeking to set aside registration in United Kingdom of Cayman default judgment— Whether statute permitting registration of foreign default judgment based on foreign judgment— Whether registration to be set aside—
Administration of Justice Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo 5, c 81), ss 9, 12