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Creditor’s windfall: can a foreign judgment that can’t be enforced locally be enforced in England?

Juliet Schalker and Jonathan Holgate of Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors summarise an English court decision that a foreign judgment that is no longer enforceable in its local jurisdiction is nevertheless capable of being enforced in England, potentially paving the way for forum shopping by creditors looking to gain an advantage.