Enforcement options calculator (writ, warrant, charging order, TPDO, attachment of earnings)
check_enforcement_optionsSets out the main ways to enforce a money judgment, costs order or costs certificate in England and Wales side by side: warrant of control, transfer up and writ of control, attachment of earnings, charging order, order for sale, third party debt order and order to obtain information. For each it says whether the rules allow it now (the £600 and £5,000 limits in the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 art 8, Consumer Credit Act debts, missed instalments, AEA 1971 s.3(3), permission after six years under CPR 83.2), the court, the form, the court fee, the PD 45 Table 7 fixed costs, enforcement agents' and High Court enforcement officers' fees under the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 as amended from 1 May 2026, and the effect on judgment interest, which it works out where it can. It never says which option to use.
Tool call template
Replace each placeholder with a value matching the input schema. Only required parameters are included; add optional parameters as needed.
{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {
"what": "<what>",
"court": "<court>",
"sum": "<sum>",
"orderDate": "<orderDate>"
},
"name": "check_enforcement_options"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| cca | No | The claim was to recover money due under a Consumer Credit Act 1974 regulated agreement (County Court only for goods; no judgment interest). | |
| lpa | No | The debt is a qualifying debt under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (County Court judgment interest under £5,000). | |
| sum | Yes | The sum still unpaid under the judgment, order or certificate, without judgment interest, in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| what | Yes | What is being enforced: "judgment" (a money judgment), "costs" (a costs order or costs certificate). | |
| court | Yes | The court that made the judgment or order: "county" (the County Court), "high" (the High Court). | |
| payBy | No | "judgment" only: the date for payment the judgment gives. | |
| debtor | No | Who owes it: "individual" (an individual), "company" (a company or other body). | |
| payWhen | No | "judgment" only: when it must be paid: "14-days" (within 14 days, CPR 40.11 (the default)), "immediately" (forthwith, e.g. a default judgment naming no date), "date" (by the date in payBy). | |
| orderDate | Yes | The date of the judgment, or of the costs order (interest on costs runs from it). | |
| before2026 | No | Enforcement action under the writ or warrant was taken before 1 May 2026, so the earlier fee scale and 7-day notice apply (S.I. 2026/366 reg 1(3)). | |
| noticeDate | No | Optional: the day a notice of enforcement was given, for the earliest day to take control. | |
| creditorVat | No | The creditor is registered for VAT (then no VAT equivalent is added to agents' fees); leave out if not known. | |
| instalments | No | Any order for payment by instalments: "none" (no instalment order (the default)), "arrears" (instalments ordered and one has been missed), "up-to-date" (instalments ordered and paid up to date). | |
| judgmentSum | No | Optional: the sum the judgment or certificate ordered, where more than is now unpaid (the County Court £5,000 interest test turns on it), in pounds (e.g. "12500.50"). | |
| represented | No | A solicitor or other legal representative acts for the creditor, for the PD 45 Table 7 fixed costs; leave out if not known. | |
| thirdParties | No | Banks or other third parties to name in a third party debt order, as a whole number (default "1"); each is a separate fee. | |
| certificateDate | No | "costs" only: the date of the default, interim or final costs certificate; leave out where the order stated the sum. |