Practical Law UK Glossary 8-339-4991 (Approx. 6 pages)
Glossary
Hague Service Convention
The Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters is a multilateral treaty signed in The Hague on 15 November 1965. It provides for the channels of transmission to be used when a judicial or extrajudicial document is to be transmitted from one State Party to the Convention to another State Party for service in the latter. The Hague Service Convention provides for one formal channel of transmission (via the Central Authority of the destination State), and several alternative channels of transmission.