Palm Fin. Corp. v. Parallel Media LLC

*518 Palm Finance Corporation sued Parallel Media, LLC to enforce a judgment obtained in the Senior Courts of England and Wales. The sole issue on appeal is the admissibility of a document titled Final Costs Certificate. The trial court rightly admitted this document under Evidence Code section 1452, subdivision (c), so we affirm. Statutory citations are to that code.

On its face, this Final Costs Certificate purports to be a court document from the Senior Courts of England and Wales ordering Parallel Media pay a specific sum to Palm Finance. The document informs readers "The Senior Courts Costs Office at the Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London WC2A 2LL is open between 10 am and 4:30 pm Monday to Friday."

This Final Costs Certificate is just one page. The upper right corner states: "In the High Court of Justice, Senior Courts Costs Office." The date is listed as "2nd July 2013."

In the upper left corner are these words: "Final Costs Certificate, To the Applicant's Solicitor." The document identifies "Applicant" as Parallel Media. Palm Finance is the third "Respondent." The document also lists other respondents.

The text of the Final Costs Certificate addresses itself to…