County Court judgments are of course registered and can create difficulties for the debtor in the future in obtaining credit. 

The obtaining of a County Court judgment however will not necessarily prompt the debtor into making payment, and in the majority of cases a default judgment will have to be enforced. 

There are various methods of enforcing judgments:

• instruction of County Court Bailiff (judgment debts of less than £600)
• instruction of High Court Enforcement Officer (judgment debts over £600)
• Charging Order applications
• Attachment of Earnings applications
• insolvency procedures (please refer to Statutory Demands - Bankruptcy - Winding-Up)

In the majority of the enforcement processes all the fees and costs are recoverable from the debtor and are added to the balance of the judgment debt.

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