Court Enforcement Specialists: Eviction and Writ Fees

If your paperwork is about a debt rather than land or a tenancy, a different set of rules applies than the one this firm's marketing leads with.

Who are Court Enforcement Specialists?

Court Enforcement Specialists Limited is registered at Companies House under company number 11494339, incorporated on 1 August 2018, classified under SIC code 84230, justice and judicial activities, with its registered office at 28 Mason Street, Manchester, M4 5EY. Its own site gives a different Manchester address for day-to-day contact, Victoria House, Great Ancoats Street, sharing the same 0161 507 0626 number quoted on both its own site and the HCEOA directory, which is a normal registered-office-versus-trading-address split rather than a discrepancy worth worrying about.

The HCEOA member directory lists the firm under Claire Sandbrook of Shergroup Limited as its authorised High Court Enforcement Officer, in a group that also includes County Enforcement Limited, Iridium Enforcement Ltd and several other names. That grouping records which certificated officer acts as HCEO of record for each business, not shared ownership: one authorised officer can serve multiple independently run companies, and this is standard industry practice. Checked against Companies House, Court Enforcement Specialists Limited shares no officer, director or registered address with County Enforcement Limited or Iridium Enforcement Ltd, and there is no corporate relationship between them.

Where Court Enforcement Specialists sits on the registers

Checked directly in August 2026, Court Enforcement Specialists does not appear on the Enforcement Conduct Board's accredited firms register or CIVEA's published member list. Its register presence is through the HCEOA, reflecting its High Court Enforcement Officer arrangement rather than either voluntary accreditation body.

What they say they do

The firm's own marketing centres on traveller removal, eviction of tenants, squatter removal and protester removal, alongside general High Court and civil enforcement and a "pre-legal" stage aimed at recovering debt before litigation starts. It describes agents drawn largely from ex-armed forces backgrounds and a distinctive uniform, and promises a response within an hour of a call for possession-type instructions.

Possession work is not debt enforcement

Removing occupants from land or premises under a writ of possession is legally separate from taking control of goods to satisfy a money debt. It does not use Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, carries none of the fixed statutory fees described below, and its own notice and force rules apply instead. If your letter concerns an eviction, a traveller encampment or a protest occupation, the guidance on this page about fees, exempt goods and controlled goods agreements does not apply to your situation and specialist possession advice is what you need.

Money judgments: the High Court route

Where the firm is instead enforcing a money judgment, the route is the same as for any High Court Enforcement Officer: a County Court judgment of £600 or more can be transferred up under article 8 of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991, becoming a writ of control enforced under Schedule 12. Four stages carry the regulated fee, in force for instructions from 1 May 2026. Nothing is owed beyond the debt itself until the compliance stage, £79, when the notice goes out. A visit that actually takes control of goods triggers first enforcement, £200, with 7.5% added on anything recovered past £1,200. A second enforcement charge of £520 only bites once its own separate conditions are satisfied, and a sale charge, £550 plus that same 7.5%, follows if goods are removed and disposed of. Older writs may still fall under the previous scale rather than this one. Holding several writs at once does not multiply every line: regulation 11 of the 2014 Fees Regulations lets the compliance charge repeat for each writ, but the later-stage charges are capped at a single occurrence across the batch, provided they can reasonably be dealt with together.

Force entry: writs of control versus possession

For a writ of control against your home, not on a first visit: entry has to be peaceable, through a door you choose to open or one already unlocked, and no penalty attaches to keeping it closed. Paragraph 19A of Schedule 12 permits forced re-entry only once a signed controlled goods agreement has been broken. Possession and eviction work is governed by entirely different rules, since it concerns land and premises rather than a debtor's home, and the method of retaking possession there depends on the specific order and circumstances.

Exempt goods, for a debt case

Where money enforcement applies, only the debtor's own goods can be taken into control. Regulation 4 of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013 protects everyday clothing and bedding, essential household equipment, medical and care items, pets, assistance dogs and a vehicle carrying a valid disabled badge regardless of the sum owed, with tools of trade protected up to £1,350 in total.

Vulnerability, disputes and instalments

Raise vulnerability in writing as soon as it is relevant, since the correct response is a change in how a case is handled rather than a change to what is owed or ordered. If the judgment itself is disputed, that argument belongs with the original claimant and the court that made it; ask for the writ reference, issuing court and a full breakdown of the sum claimed in writing. An instalment arrangement on a debt case usually takes the form of a controlled goods agreement; check every listed item is genuinely yours before signing.

Verifying a letter, and making a complaint

Verify a letter through the writ reference and issuing court, using contact details found independently rather than a number printed only on the letter. Complaints start with the firm's own procedure; since it is not on the ECB's register, a conduct complaint that cannot be resolved that way goes instead to the county court that issued the individual agent's certificate.