Writ or warrant of delivery

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Writ or warrant of delivery

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Produced in partnership with David Salter

Practice notes

A writ of Delivery (High Court) or warrant of delivery (Family Court or County Court) may be used to enforce an order that provides for the delivery or transfer of specific Goods. A writ of delivery is issued to a High Court Enforcement officer; a warrant of delivery to a County Court bailiff. Where a party has a judgment or order for the delivery of any goods, and the respondent has failed to deliver them, then it may be enforceable by a writ or warrant of delivery in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR), SI 1998/3132, r 83.14 (High Court) or CPR 83.23–83.25 (Family Court) (as applied by the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, 33.1(2)), unless (in the case of the Family Court) any other rule or Act provides otherwise. A writ or warrant of delivery grants the relevant enforcement officer the authority to enforce the delivery by taking possession of the items listed from the individual in default of the order and delivering them to the appropriate party.

An order may provide

David Salter
David Salter

Solicitor (non-practising)

David Salter has enjoyed a varied career in family law with over 45 years’ experience. He served as National Head of Family Law at Addleshaw Goddard and, subsequently, as Joint National Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve, retiring in 2018.

From 1997-1999, David was Chairman of Resolution, also acting as the first Chairman of Resolution’s Accreditation Committee. He subsequently became President of the International Academy of Family Lawyers from 2010 to 2012, having previously served as the Academy's European Chapter President.

He has sat in various part-time judicial posts since 1985 sitting regularly as a deputy High Court judge and Recorder in the Family Court until March 2022. He now conducts private financial dispute resolution appointments.

David was one of the original members of the Family Procedure Rules Committee which framed the 2010 Rules, serving a ten-year term from 2004 to 2014.

He is a prolific author on a variety of family topics with an acknowledged expertise in relation to pensions on divorce. He is a contributor to the Family Court Practice (The Red Book), Butterworths Family Law Service, Rayden and Jackson, the International Family Law Practice and LexisPSL Family. 

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Delivery definition
What does Delivery mean?

Delivery is defined in the sale of goods Act 1979, s 61(1) as the 'voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another' which is the point in time when the parties can be seen to have agreed that the legal right to possession of the goods passes from the seller to the buyer. A distinction must be made between the transfer of possession/delivery and the passing of title/ownership.

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