Author: Sam Collins
Publisher: Round Hall
Publication Date: 04/06/2019
ISBN: 9780414071421

Enforcement of Judgments, 2nd edition is a comprehensive and practical guide for legal practitioners with an enforcement query. It provides coverage of recent decisions and developments in legislation and Rules of Court relating to all important post-judgment remedies including attachment of debts, orders of possession, judgment mortgages, discovery in aid of execution, instalment orders, charging orders, stop orders, the sheriff, orders of delivery and sequestration, attachment and committal and enforcement of ADR awards.

The new edition discusses important recent judgments including ACC Loan Management Ltd v Rickard [2017] IECA 245, [2018] IESCDET 36 and AIB v McGuigan [2018] IEHC 67 (appointment of a receiver by way of equitable execution) and AIB plc v O’Reilly [2015] IECA 209 (discovery in aid of execution).

It discusses legislative developments relating to enforcement including the Companies Act 2014, the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 2015 and the Mediation Act 2017, and changes to rates of Courts Act and late payment interest through S.I. Nos 281 and 684 of 2016.

It also helpfully includes coverage of changes to the Rules of the Superior Courts impacting enforcement, including:

-Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 76) 2014 (S.I. No. 600 of 2014)

-Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2016 (S.I. No. 232 of 2016)

-Rules of the Superior Court (Personal Insolvency) 2015 (S.I. No. 507 of 2015)

-Circuit Court Rules (Personal Insolvency) 2015 (S.I. No. 506 of 2015)

-Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies Act) 2015 (S.I. No. 255 of 2015)

-Circuit Court Rules (Companies Act) 2015 (S.I. No. 471 of 2015)

-District Court (Companies Act 2014) Rules 2015 (S.I. No. 256 of 2015)

-Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014) (No. 2) 2015 (S.I. No. 616 Of 2015)

-Rules of the Superior Courts (Mediation) 2018 (S.I. No. 13 of 2018)

-Circuit Court Rules (Mediation) 2018 (S.I. No. 11 of 2018)

- and Rules of the Superior Courts (Construction Contracts Act 2013) 2016 (S.I. No. 450 of 2016).

Key features

-A comprehensive and practical guide for legal practitioners working in the area of enforcement
-Coverage of practice and procedure relating to enforcement in the Superior Courts, the Circuit Court and the District Court
-New chapter on possession
-New chapter on enforcement of ADR awards