Garnishee orders remain one of the most effective and immediate enforcement tools available to judgement creditors, as we discussed last month. By enabling funds owed to a debtor – whether held in a bank account or payable by a third party – to be intercepted directly, they can provide a swift, tangible pathway to recovery [...]
Aside from bankruptcy proceedings, which we discussed last month, there are other ways to enforce a court judgement to recover monies owed by a debtor (i.e. turning a paper judgement into actual recovery). A garnishee order is one such legal tool. Rather than relying on the debtor to pay, a garnishee order allows a creditor [...]
In recent months, we have discussed statutory demands from the perspective of a defendant. This month’s article considers the issue of debt enforcement and collection from a different angle: what should creditors be aware of when seeking to enforce a debt against an individual using bankruptcy proceedings? Initiating bankruptcy proceedings to recover a debt can [...]