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Writ of Control

Registry Trust Ltd operates the National Information Centre for Enforcement and is only responsible for the allocation of sealed High Court Writs when the option to name an enforcement officer on the Writ has been left blank.

How to Obtain a No. 53 - Writ of Control

Step One

Download the necessary forms:-

N293A Combined certificate of judgment and request for writ of control or writ of possession’ and

No. 53 - Writ of Control

Step two

Complete the form N293A Combined certificate of judgment and request for writ of control or writ of possession’ and send to the court that issued your judgment.

The court will stamp the N293A form and return it to you.

Step three

Complete the form No. 53 Writ of Control and send the following documents:-


• Completed No. 53 - Writ of Control
• Court stamped N293A Form
• Cheque for £71 made payable to ‘HMCTS’

Send this to:
Royal Courts of Justice
Enforcement Section
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL

Tel: 020 3936 8957 (option 3)

Email: kbenforcement@justice.gov.uk

Step four

Once the High Court returns your sealed No. 53 - Writ of Control then you can send the original sealed Writ to us for allocation of an enforcement officer. Our address is:-

National Information Centre for Enforcement Department
Registry Trust Ltd
153-157 Cleveland Street
London
W1T 6QW

Upon receiving the original sealed No.53 Writ of Control that the High Court has posted to you, we will allocate it to a High Court Enforcement Officer on your behalf. We will contact you via post or email to confirm the name and contact details of the Enforcement Officer.

Please note, we are only able to allocate original sealed Writs of Control or Possession that have been posted to you. Copies will not be processed and will be returned to you.

However if the court has electronically sealed your Writ and has emailed it to you, we request that you forward the email to us in order to have it allocated to a High Court Enforcement Officer.

The email address to send all electronically sealed Writs to is: tribunalft@registry-trust.org.uk

Further Assistance

For further assistance you can contact the county court that issued your judgment or the Royal Courts of Justice Enforcement Section on tel: 020 3936 8957 (option 3).

You can find more information on how to enforce a judgment on the government website.