H appealed from a decision to set aside a third party debt order which he had obtained over a debt he said was due to F from Liverpool City Council in respect of housing benefit owed to F as rent for one of F’s tenants.
Held: A judgment creditor cannot stand in a better position than the judgment debtor did in relation to the third party against whom the third party debt order is sought
Judges:
Richards, Floyd, Sales LJJ
Citations:
[2015] EWCA Civ 1202, [2016] HLR 9
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal fom – Ferrera v Hardy ChD 2-Oct-2013
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Cited by:
Cited – Taurus Petroleum Limited v State Oil Marketing Company of The Ministry of Oil, Republic of Iraq SC 25-Oct-2017
The parties disputed their contract arrangements. It was referred to an arbitration in London, but applying Iraqi law. The respondent failed to meet the award made against it, and the claimant sought to enforce the award here by means of third party . .
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Housing, Litigation Practice
Updated: 01 October 2022; Ref: scu.646124