Section 124: Liability of bailiff for neglect to levy execution.

County Courts Act 1984 · 1984 c. 28View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VIII: Responsibility and Protection of Officers

Where the county court issues a warrant of execution, control, possession or delivery and the person to whom it is directed loses the opportunity of executing it against goods, loses the opportunity of levying the execution by reason of neglect, connivance or omission, any party aggrieved thereby may complain to the court.

On any such complaint the court , if the neglect, connivance or omission is proved to his satisfaction, shall order that person to pay such damages as it appears that the complainant has sustained by reason of it, not exceeding in any case the sum for which the warrant was issued.

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