Simple. Our success rate is far, far higher. County Court Bailiffs are salaried civil servants whereas we are paid on results. It is also £50.00 cheaper to issue a Writ of Fieri Facias (Fi-Fa) than the Warrant of Execution needed by the County Court Bailiffs. Furthermore they cannot enforce Judgments or Orders over £5000.00.
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.
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.
This depends on the speediness of the issuing County Court. We would advise 28 days, however many are quicker than this. 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.
Our fees are collected in the first instance as the majority of cases are paid in full on the first visit. If we do not recover at least double the amount of our fees we will split the amount recovered 50/50.
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.
Our Enforcement Officers would advise if there may be further assets. If there is, 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.
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.
The Writ lasts for 1 year from the date of issue. It can be renewed free of charge before expiry. However, if the Writ has expired the Court will charge £50.00 to reissue it.