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ARTICLE · 18 APRIL 2024

Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments 2024

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1.1 Please set out the various regimes applicable to recognising and enforcing judgments in your jurisdiction and the names of the countries to which such special regimes apply.

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1.1 Please set out the various regimes applicable to recognising and enforcing judgments in your jurisdiction and the names of the countries to which such special regimes apply.

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Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Ordinance, Cap. 175, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and Lagos 1958.

The Ordinance applies to judgments from England, Scotland, Ireland, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Gambia, Barbados, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Grenada, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Newfoundland, New South Wales, St Lucia, St Vincent, Trinidad, and Tobago. Judgments from any of the countries that make up the Commonwealth are also enforced in line with the Ordinance.

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