What is the test for determining if a plaintiff has been successful in an action in a foreign court?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lonking (China) Machinery Sales Co. Ltd. v Zhao, 2019 BCSC 1110 (CanLII):
The foreign court must have jurisdiction over the action in accordance with the real and substantial connection test and the foreign judgments must be final and conclusive: Beals v. Saldanha, 2003 SCC 72 at para. 17. Hexing does not contest jurisdiction or that the judgments are final and conclusive.
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