1. UNIFORMITY OF LAW AND REGULATIONS
Ireland does not have a federal system.
In Ireland the enforcement of EU judgments is governed by
Regulation 44/2001 (the 'Brussels Regulation'). The
Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act 1998
implements the Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and the
Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 and
the Lugano Convention Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments
in Civil and Commercial Matters 1988. That Act, and those
Conventions, are therefore relevant to enforcement of judgments
from certain territories of EU Member States to which the Brussels
Convention applies but which are outside the EU and to the
enforcement of judgments from EFTA states. Enforcement of EU/EFTA
judgments is common-place before the Irish courts and is quite
straightforward. For the purpose of this assessment, we treat
judgments from EU Member States and Contracting States to the
Brussels and Lugano Conventions as
