United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 117523
Civil Proceedings: China
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3 March 2026
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11 March 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help prevent the principle of judicial comity from being used by the People’s Republic of China to conduct transnational repression against diaspora groups through UK civil courts.
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3 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help prevent the principle of judicial comity from being used by the People’s Republic of China to conduct transnational repression against diaspora groups through UK civil courts.
Source: Commons
11 March 2026
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Decisions about recognition of foreign judgments are made by the UK’s independent judiciary, with safeguards against recognition and enforcement being available.There are various grounds on which a judge may refuse to recognise or enforce a foreign judgme...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-03/117523
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1887050
- uk · wq-1887050 · source updated 11 March 2026