Debt recovery is a critical process for both creditors and debtors. When a creditor secures a default judgment and seeks to enforce it—particularly through a writ of execution over a debtor’s property—time is of the essence. Delays in responding to legal proceedings can severely limit a debtor’s abi...

Recovering an unpaid debt from a debtor generally involves a 2 step process - you need to prove that the debt exists and is payable (at which point, the Court will award judgment in your favour as the creditor) and then you need to enforce the debt (that is, seek to get payment of the debt in compli...

Every so often, a default judgment will be entered against an apparent debtor, but the debtor has no idea about the court proceedings having been commenced against it, or indeed about the debt itself.

The first time they know about it is when the sheriff comes knocking on their door, or when they a...