HCEO
High-profile cases
Enforcement involving public figures, politically exposed persons or well-known businesses, where reputation and timing matter as much as the writ.
Enforcement against a public figure, a politically exposed person, a high-net-worth individual or a well-known business is a different matter. The risk to reputation, the prospect of media attention and the need for confidentiality shape the timing and the way every step is taken.
I assess the reputation risk before the instruction is accepted, set the timing of the enforcement with that in mind, and deal with the client and their advisers at senior level throughout. The matter is kept confidential, during the enforcement and afterwards.
Enforcement
- 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.
- Foreign judgments
A judgment given outside England and Wales, registered or recognised here and then enforced like any other.