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Litigation Letter

Execution

A new Practice Direction supplementing RSC Order 46 and CCR Order 26 provides that unless the court orders otherwise a writ of execution or a warrant of execution to enforce a judgment or order must not be executed on a Sunday, Good Friday or Christmas Day. This does not apply to Admiralty claims in rem, therefore ships may be arrested on any day of the year.

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