Foreign judgment enforcement in the BVI: what you need to know in 2026

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The British Virgin Islands (BVI) offers two principal routes for enforcing foreign judgments: (A) statutory registration under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1922; and (B) common law enforcement by fresh action, each backed by a robust suite of interim remedies and post-judgment enforcement tools that make the jurisdiction a critical venue for cross-border creditors.