HCEO
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.
A High Court judgment against a trading company is enforced under a writ of control against what the company owns: stock, vehicles, plant and machinery, the money in the till. Where the judgment is £100,000 or more and the debtor has a corporate structure, several sites and an asset base spread across them, the writ needs more than the standard procedure.
Before anything is done I look at the debtor's structure, its assets and where it operates, and plan the enforcement around what it would lose and when. Where the debtor trades from more than one premises the attendances are coordinated so that goods are taken control of before they can be moved. The client deals with me from the first call.
Judgments given outside England and Wales are enforced here once registered or recognised. There is a reference section on the routes in, from the Hague Convention to the common law.
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-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.