High Court laments “wholly unacceptable” last-minute adjournment – Legal Futures

Posted November 17th, 2023 in adjournment, arbitration, charging orders, Commercial Court, costs, news by tracey

‘A Commercial Court judge has blamed a claimant “in large part” for the “wholly unacceptable” last-minute adjournment of their case after he had begun pre-reading for it.’

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Legal Futures, 17th November 2023

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Enforcement and the powers of the family court: VS v RE [2018] EWFC 30 – Family Law Week

‘Michael Horton, barrister at Coram Chambers explains the jurisdiction of the family court in relation to enforcement proceedings and highlights considerations which impact on the drafting of recitals to consent orders.’

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Family Law Week, 4th July 2018

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Finance and Divorce Update, June 2018 – Family Law Week

‘Naomi Shelton, Associate, Mills & Reeve LLP considers the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during May 2018.’

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Family Law Week, 14th June 2018

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

OFT bars RBS debt collecting that puts homes at risk – Daily Telegaph

Posted January 11th, 2013 in banking, charging orders, debts, news by tracey

“Regulator imposes requirements on Royal Bank of Scotland’s use of charging orders – a way of collecting unsecured debts that could see borrowers lose their homes.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Designated Officer for Sunderland Magistrates Court v Krager and another – WLR Daily

Posted December 16th, 2011 in charging orders, confiscation, enforcement, judgments, law reports by tracey

Designated Officer for Sunderland Magistrates Court v Krager and another: [2011] EWHC 3283 (Ch);  [2011] WLR (D)  367

“The Crown Court did not have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to all aspects of the enforcement of confiscation orders.”

WLR Daily, 14th December 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Greater court protection for homeowners: consultation – Ministry of Justice

“A consultation on whether homeowners who have failed to repay consumer credit debts should have accrued a minimum level of debt before a court can order the sale of their home has been released today.”

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Ministry of Justice, 5th February 2010

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Windatt (trustee in banruptcy of Wright) v Wright and another – WLR Daily

Posted August 3rd, 2009 in bankruptcy, charging orders, execution, law reports by sally

Windatt (trustee in banruptcy of Wright) v Wright and another [2009] EWCA Civ 81; [2009] WLR (D) 270

“A judgment creditor who had obtained a final charging order before the making of a bankruptcy order was not to be deprived of the benefit of his security by reason of the bankruptcy alone.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Yorkshire Bank Finance Ltd v Mulhall and Another – WLR Daily

Posted October 27th, 2008 in charging orders, law reports, limitations by sally

Yorkshire Bank Finance Ltd v Mulhall and Another: [2008] EWCA Civ 1156; [2008] WLR (D) 330

No provision in the Limitation Act 1980 prevented the enforcement in 2007 of a charging order over land made in 1990 to secure a judgment debt though no attempt at enforcement had been made in the interim.”

WLR Daily, 24th October 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.