Foreign Judgments Act 1971

Where a judgment has been registered under this Act, an application may be made by or on behalf of the judgment debtor that the judgment be set aside on the ground—

that the judgment is not registrable under this Act; or

that the judgment debtor did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend the proceedings; or

that the judgment was obtained by fraud; or

that the cause of action upon which the judgment was given had previously been determined by the judgment of a court having jurisdiction to adjudicate upon that cause of action; or

that the enforcement of the judgment would be contrary to public policy in this State; or

that the rights under the judgment are not vested in the person by or on behalf of whom the application for registration was made.

An application may be made under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section notwithstanding that process may have been duly served upon the judgment debtor in conformity with the law of the country or state in which the original court is situated.

Where the Court is satisfied that any of the grounds set out in subsection (1) of this section have been established, it shall set aside the registration of the judgment.