Habib Bank Ltd v Ahmed: QBD 2 Nov 2000

The fact that public policy would sometimes allow the refusal of registration of a foreign judgment did not provide an opportunity to a party here to re-litigate the issue when he had had an opportunity to do so before the foreign court and had failed to take it. Foreign judgments may not be registered if they could be shown to have been obtained by fraud. Here documents were prepared in accordance with Islamic practice, and there was no evidence that any such fraud existed.

Citations:

Times 02-Nov-2000, Gazette 09-Nov-2000

Statutes:

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933

International, Litigation Practice

Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.81110