The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1Enforcement of judgment, order or undertaking to do or abstain from doing an actE+W

81.4.(1) If a person—

(a)required by a judgment or order to do an act does not do it within the time fixed by the judgment or order; or

(b)disobeys a judgment or order not to do an act,

then, subject to the Debtors Acts 1869 and 1878 and to the provisions of these Rules, the judgment or order may be enforced by an order for committal.

(2) If the time fixed by the judgment or order for doing an act has been varied by a subsequent order or agreement of the parties under rule 2.11, then references in paragraph (1)(a) to the time fixed are references to the time fixed by that subsequent order or agreement.

(3) If the person referred to in paragraph (1) is a company or other corporation, the committal order may be made against any director or other officer of that company or corporation.

(4) So far as applicable, and with the necessary modifications, this Section applies to undertakings given by a party as it applies to judgments or orders.

(Rules 81.17(3) and (4) make provision for cases in which both this Section and Section 6 (Committal for making a false statement of truth or disclosure statement) may be relevant.)

(5) If a judgment or order requires a person to deliver goods or pay their value—

(a)the judgment or order may not be enforced by a committal order under paragraph (1);

(b)the person entitled to enforce the judgment or order may apply to the court for an order requiring that the goods be delivered within a specified time; and

(c)where the court grants such an order, that order may be enforced under paragraph (1).]