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BACKGROUND
A person who brings proceedings in the courts of
2.
Hong
Kong and obtains
judgment
debtor
has
assets
a money judgment may find that the in Hong Kong to insufficient
satisfy the judgment. In such a case, the person may wish to enforce the judgment in a jurisdiction where the debtor
does have sufficient assets.
locally upon a
enforced.
But judgments
jurisdictions
Juridical assistance
3.
Common law jurisdictions like Hong Kong have case an action to be brought
foreign judgment so that it is effectively
law and rules which may permit.
in obtained
common
law
cannot usually be enforced in non-common law
jurisdictions.
ΤΟ
improve juridical
assistance in this
important
other area,
sohemes have been
devised,
for
example
and treaties bilateral
arrangements
within the
Commonwealth.
4.
The present situation is that Hong Kong judgments
can be enforced:
(a)
in many common law jurisdictions;
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