Mutual trust plays an important role in facilitating the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. The 2019 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments also reflects some degree of mutual trust, although not explicitly. Commonwealth African countries seem to be influenced by mutual trust but have not yet adopted any coherent approach in the conflict of laws. This incoherence has impeded the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments especially in Africa. This article seeks to understand the principle of mutual trust in its EU context and then compare it with the subtle application of mutual trust in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Commonwealth Africa. The article illustrates this subtle and rather unarticulated application of mutual trust primarily through decided cases and relevant statutory provisions in the Commonwealth African jurisdictions considered. The article then considers how the subtle application of mutual trust has sometimes resulted in parallel efforts to promote the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and how a proliferation of legal regimes can undermine legal clarity, certainty and predictability. A progressive application of mutual trust will help to ensure African countries maximise the benefits of a global framework on foreign judgments.

相互信任在促进承认和执行外国判决方面起着重要作用。尽管没有明确规定，2019年《承认和执行外国判决公约》也反映了一定程度的相互信任。英联邦非洲国家似乎受到相互信任的影响，但在法律冲突中尚未采取任何连贯的态度。这种不连贯性阻碍了外国判决的承认和执行，尤其是在非洲。本文旨在了解欧盟背景下的互信原则，然后将其与在承认和执行非洲英联邦的外国判决中对互信的微妙应用进行比较。这篇文章主要通过已审理的案例和所考虑的非洲联邦辖区的相关法律规定，说明了这种微妙且相当明确的相互信任的应用。然后，本文考虑了相互信任的微妙应用如何有时导致人们努力促进对外国判决的承认和执行，以及法律制度的扩散如何破坏法律的清晰度，确定性和可预测性。逐步应用互信将有助于确保非洲国家最大程度地利用关于外国判决的全球框架的利益。然后，本文考虑了互信的微妙应用有时如何导致平行努力来促进对外国判决的承认和执行，以及法律制度的扩散如何破坏法律的清晰度，确定性和可预测性。逐步应用互信将有助于确保非洲国家最大程度地利用关于外国判决的全球框架的利益。然后，本文考虑了相互信任的微妙应用如何有时导致人们努力促进对外国判决的承认和执行，以及法律制度的扩散如何破坏法律的清晰度，确定性和可预测性。逐步应用互信将有助于确保非洲国家最大程度地利用关于外国判决的全球框架的利益。