The Basics: How To Enforce A Domestic Judgment In England & Wales

Whilst receiving a judgment in your favour may feel like the culmination of a potentially lengthy legal process, it may be just the first step (though an important one) on the path to financial recovery. In our latest insight, we look at how and when you can enforce a judgment to realise payment of any damages or costs which have been awarded.

What is enforcement?

Enforcement describes the process of recovering what you have been awarded in a judgment. It is often used as a catch-all term for a number of technically distinct legal processes on the way from judgment to realisation, which may include, depending on the circumstances:

• Enforcement - the court giving permission for the beneficiary of the judgment to enforce it; and