Register a foreign money judgment for enforcement
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the foreign judgment, any appeal record and the client’s instructions, identify the country and court, the judgment and final appeal dates, the amount and currency, and whether the country and court are covered by the registration scheme, calculate the last date to apply, and draft the application from the court’s current form.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer confirms the judgment is registrable under the applicable regime (or that a New Zealand judgment falls under the trans-Tasman regime instead), decides whether any ground to set aside registration is likely, settles the application and plans enforcement once registered.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the foreign judgment, any appeal record and the client’s instructions, identify the country and court, the judgment and final appeal dates, the amount and currency, and whether the country and court are covered by the registration scheme, calculate the last date to apply, and draft the application from the court’s current form. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the country and the court are listed in the regulations before using this regime.
- Count the 6 years from the judgment or the last appeal date.
- Check the judgment is for a fixed sum of money and is final.
Sources
- Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cth) s 6 — Application for, and effect of, registration · 2026-10-18
- Attorney-General’s Department — Trans-Tasman proceedings regime · 2026-10-18
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.