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Enforcement via IA 1986 ss 423–425: EWHC orders transferee to transfer NIOC House directly to judgment creditor of solvent transferor (Crescent Petroleum v Oil Industry Workers’ Fund)

Published on: 29 May 2024

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Crescent Petroleum Company International Ltd and another company v Retirement, Saving and Welfare Fund of Oil Industry Workers [2024] EWHC 835 (Comm)

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The decision illustrates how a judgment creditor can pursue enforcement measures against a judgment debtor via IA 1986, s 423. Where the debtor has divested an asset to a third party, the usual relief is an order compelling the transferee to reconvey the property to the transferor, after which allocation amongst the transferor’s creditors is dealt with by the ordinary rules. Nonetheless, IA 1986, s 425 provides the court with latitude to frame relief under IA 1986, s 423 directly against the transferee, requiring the asset to be conveyed to the judgment creditor without a prior re-transfer to the transferor. This route applies where assets have been moved away from the debtor in practice...

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