The Weekly Law Reports
[2020] 1 WLR 3388
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, 29, 30;
Feb 4; 21
Feb 4; 21
Carr J
Conflict of laws— Foreign judgment— Registration— Judgment creditor obtaining default judgment in Cayman Islands based on Singapore judgment debt— Cayman default judgment registered by High Court— Whether statute permitting registration of foreign default judgment based on foreign judgment— Whether registration order to be set aside—
Administration of Justice Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo 5, c 81), ss 9, 12
Practice— Registration order— Service out of jurisdiction— Foreign judgment registered by High Court— Judgment creditor posting registration order to judgment debtor in Taiwan— Whether good service— Whether method of service “permitted” by law of foreign country if not forbidden—
CPR
rr 6.40(3)(c), 74.6(2)