| Short Title: | Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to give effect to the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, including the Protocols annexed thereto, opened for signature at Lugano on 16th September 1988; and for purposes connected therewith. |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 1991 c. 12 |
| Royal Assent: | 9 May 1991 |
| Commencement: | 1 May 1992 |
| Amends: | Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 |
| Status: | Amended |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/12/enacted |
| Use New Uk-Leg: | yes |
The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 is an Act of Parliament made by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in order to implement the Lugano Convention of 1988 into British law.
In addition to the contracting states to the Brussels Convention over which the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 gave the UK courts jurisdiction, the contracting states to the Lugano Convention were the members of the European Free Trade Association who were not members of the European Economic Community (now European Union); namely Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Poland became a contracting state when it signed the Lugano Convention in 2000.