The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1990

Section 3 Common provisions

Article 46

A party seeking recognition or applying for enforcement of a judgment shall produce—

1.  a copy of the judgment which satisfies the conditions necessary to establish its authenticity;

2.  in the case of a judgment given in default, the original or a certified true copy of the document which establishes that the party in default was served with the document instituting the proceedings or with an equivalent document.

Article 47

A party applying for enforcement shall also produce—

1.  documents which establish that, according to the law of the State of origin the judgment is enforceable and has been served;

2.  where appropriate, a document showing that the applicant is in receipt of legal aid in the State of origin.

Article 48

If the documents specified in point 2 of Articles 46 and 47 are not produced, the court may specify a time for their production, accept equivalent documents or, if it considers that it has sufficient information before it, dispense with their production.

If the court so requires, a translation of the documents shall be produced; the translation shall be certified by a person qualified to do so in one of the Contracting States.

Article 49

No legalization or other similar formality shall be required in respect of the documents referred to in Articles 46 or 47 or the second paragraph of Article 48, or in respect of a document appointing a representative ad litem .