HCEO
Enforcement
Commercial rent, forfeiture, possession, high-value writs of control and high-profile cases.
I am an Authorised High Court Enforcement Officer, appointed by the Lord Chancellor in 2021, and I hold an enforcement agent's certificate in my own right.
The work is commercial rent arrears, forfeiture and re-entry, the larger possessions and evictions as the named officer, high-value writs of control, and the high-profile cases where the parties or the publicity call for the officer named on the writ. Local work across the south of England is taken on the same footing. Writs of control are taken for judgments of £100,000 and above. The fees for enforcement under a writ are fixed by regulation and set out on the fees page.
- Commercial rent arrears
Rent recovered from a commercial tenant under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, without a court order.
- Forfeiture and re-entry
Peaceable re-entry to commercial premises where the lease allows it, carried out with a locksmith and recorded so that it stands up in court.
- Possession and eviction
Possession orders enforced under a High Court writ directed to the authorised officer named on it, with the day planned in advance.
- High-value writs of control
Writs of control for judgments of £100,000 and above, against companies with more than one site and more than one kind of asset.
- High-profile cases
Enforcement involving public figures, politically exposed persons or well-known businesses, where reputation and timing matter as much as the writ.
- Foreign judgments
A judgment given outside England and Wales, registered or recognised here and then enforced like any other.