No recognition? No problem: UK Supreme Court confirms bankruptcy petitions can be based on unrecognised foreign judgments

Rick Brown, David Chalcraft, Neil Chauhan, Tom Serafin and Jake Rickman of HFW explain that the UK Supreme Court has confirmed a final and conclusive foreign money judgment can support a bankruptcy petition without prior English recognition, provided the debt meets section 267 requirements, although the debtor may still challenge it on bona fide and substantial grounds.

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