Ways to stop High Court Enforcement Agents

Apply to stay the writ and set aside the judgment.^[1]

Apply to stay the writ and vary the judgment.^[2]

Enforcement against a director for a company debt.^[3]

Pay the claimant direct.^[4]

You are vulnerable.^[5][6]

Your goods taken for someone else's debt, make a third-party claim^[7]

Bailiff has taken exempt goods, make a Claim to Exempt Goods.^[8]

Do a Pay and Reclaim.

Apply for a Debt Relief Order or go bankrupt.^[9][10]

Protect your Vehicle.

If the debtor is a company, wind up the company.^[11]

Living or working abroad.^[12]

The bailiff charged VAT, apply to stay the writ and a detailed assessment.^[13][14][15]

Run the enforcement compliance check, then claim damages for breach.^[16][17]

Do nothing, what next?

^{[1] Civil Procedure Rule 23.10
[2] Civil Procedure Rule 83.7(4)
[3] Contrary to: Paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[4] Paragraph 6(3)(a) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[5] Regulation 10(1) of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013
[6] Paragraphs 72-77 of the Taking Control of Goods National Standards, published by the Ministry of Justice
[7] Civil Procedure Rule 85.6
[8] Civil Procedure Rule 85.8
[9] Civil Procedure Rule 83.20
[10] Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986
[11] Civil Procedure Rule 83.20
[12] Section 147(2) of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[13] HMRC Internal Manual VBNB41720
[14] Davenport v Christine Edgoose and Direct Collection Bailiffs Ltd, EWHC 6 July 2020
[15] Civil Procedure Rule 84.16
[16] Section 3 and 4 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977
[17] Paragraph 66 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007}