To enable a High Court Enforcement Officer to enforce your Possession Order, you need to ‘transfer up’ your judgment from the County Court to the High Court for enforcement.
Transferring up can save you months of delay and stress and thousands of pounds in lost rent due to ongoing delays in the County Court system – see our example below.
While you can do it yourself, this is a complex process for those not familiar with the Court systems, which is why High Court Enforcement Officers provide a transferring up service. Our members are experienced at navigating the system.
Please choose one of the options below:
- I want to instruct a High Court Enforcement Officer to do this for me.
- I want to transfer up my possession order myself
High Court savings – an illustration
If you have to wait more than two months from the granting of a possession order for a County Court eviction date, then you will typically be better off using the High Court for enforcement.
Our illustration below shows how much this could save landlords. It’s based on 2025 County Court figures in London.
Landlords could save around £12,000 of that lost rent and get their property back six months quicker by enforcing their order of possession with a High Court Enforcement Officer.
Here’s the detail behind our illustration…..
Using the County Court bailiff:
- Our research shows the average timeline in London for a County Court bailiff to carry out an eviction is eight months from the granting of a possession order by a Judge.
- That would mean over £17,500* in lost rent for you based on average monthly rents in London quoted by survey respondents..
Using the High Court enforcement route:
- Would save you an average of over £12,000 in lost rent – and get your property back six months earlier so you can start renting it again.
- The average High Court timeline for carrying out an eviction is two months from you applying for a writ of possession.
- Depending on the size of the property, the typical High Court enforcement fee for an eviction is around £1,000.
If you have to wait more than two months from the granting of a possession order for a County Court eviction date – then you will be better off using the High Court for enforcement.
*Based on London average rent of £2,178 from survey respondents and a £130 County Court fee
**Based on two months lost rent at the London average figure plus a £78 writ fee and a £1,000 enforcement fee allowance
Read more about the potential savings and our wider Helping Landlords Transfer Up campaign
Helping Landlords Transfer Up campaign
