As long as your judgment is for £600 or above, you can transfer it to the High Court for enforcement by The Sheriffs Office. Please visit our 'Judgment enforcement' page for more information.

Simply instruct us, pay the court fee and we will handle the rest.

The more information you can provide the better the chances of successful enforcement. If you can, provide details of the following:- what the debt relates to, any additional addresses, phone numbers, places of work, vehicle details, asset details and any other information that may assist enforcement.

We can enforce Judgments or Orders up to 6 years of age.

No, it remains a County Court Judgment and is only passed to the High Court for the purposes of enforcement. Any representations by either party would still be made to the issuing county court.

Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) charges £71.00 for a writ of possession or writ of control (known as a writ of fieri facias or fi fa prior to 6th April 2014)

This depends on the speediness of the issuing County Court. It is normally 5 to 28 days. You can speed up the process by personally attending the issuing Court and having part 2 of the Form N293A sealed. Once we have received the sealed Form N293A from the court we will arrange for the Writ to be sealed by the High Court (or district registry) within 24 hours.

We legally have to hold the funds for 14 days. Payment will be issued after this period.

No. Usually the attendance of an Enforcement Agent and the threat of removal will result in payment. Less than 1% of all cases end in removal.

Our Enforcement Agents would advise if there may be further assets. If there are, then they would return to remove these also. If not, we would request your further information on any further assets you may be aware of.

No. However, if they are part of the seizure and ownership has been claimed but not been proved then we would request that you either admit or deny the claim.

In the unlikely event that goods are removed they will be sold by public auction. This may be a physical auction or an online auction. Very occasionally we can sell goods by private treaty but would need the authority of either the Court or the defendant.

After payment of the judgment, interest, costs, fees and charges have been settled, any surplus would be repaid to the defendant.

You can instruct our tracing agents to arrange an in-depth trace on the defendant. Please contact our enforcement team using the contact details provided.

Yes, but we would usually request your permission first. If judgment is set aside, then enforcement action will cease.

You will be liable for our full fees should this be the case. We would ask that once the enforcement process has started you allow us to continue until such time as the debt is repaid in full.

Once the 7 clear days notice period has passed, we aim to have an enforcement agent in attendance as soon as possible.

Yes we do. Please contact us on 0333 001 5100 for further details.

No, Scotland has a different system. However, if the defendant is based in England or Wales, we can enforce a Scottish judgment.

If the defendant is based in England or Wales or has assets located here, then the overseas judgment can be enforced by us. You can read more here.

Yes, we are set up to support organisations with large numbers of judgments. Please contact us on 0333 001 5100 to find out more.

Our policy is to ensure that the operations of the business do not have any negative impact upon vulnerable consumers, whose ability or circumstances require us to take extra precautions in the way that we sell and provide our services in order to ensure that they are not disadvantaged in any way. Please read our full policy on vulnerable debtors.

The Notice of Enforcement forms part of the compliance stage of enforcement (the first stage). The notice of enforcement is served on the debtor giving them 7 clear days to pay the debt in full. If they do not, enforcement is moved to enforcement stage 1.

The writ lasts for 12 months from the date of the Notice of Enforcement is served. If a payment arrangement is entered into by the debtor and then they break It, the writ will be valid for a further 12 months from that point. It can be renewed if required.

Our fees are incurred as the enforcement progresses through the various stages of enforcement. When part payment is recovered, the amount is shared between The Sheriffs Office and the judgment creditor. Please see our terms and conditions for details on how this is undertaken.

Yes, the vehicle will be immobilised to secure it and the enforcement agent will serve a notice of immobilisation. If after two hours, the debtor has not paid either in full or entered into a payment arrangement, then the enforcement agent may remove the vehicle for sale.

Once goods have been removed for sale, the judgment debtor will be given seven clear days' notice of sale.