§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What assistance, if any, they will give to any British citizen who, having obtained judgment in an English court against a person in another state to which the provisions of the Administration of Justice Act 1920, Part II, have been extended by an Order in Council, is unable to persuade the courts in that other state to honour the judgment of the English court. [HL681]
§ The Lord ChancellorPart II of the Administration of Justice Act 1920 facilitates the reciprocal enforcement of certain judgments between the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. It has been extended to a substantial number of these countries by Order in Council on the basis that they have established reciprocal provisions within their own legal systems. If Her Majesty's Government are satisfied that a country covered by an Order in Council is failing to operate such provisions satisfactorily in relation to judgments from the courts of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Government would make representations to that country to encourage the restoration of reciprocity and, as a last resort, amend the order to remove that country from the reciprocal enforcement scheme under Part II of the 1920 Act.