The County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for certain county court judgment debts tocarry interest at the same rate as that payable on High Court judgmentsunder section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 (currently 15 per cent).

In general, only judgments for the payment of a sum of £5,000or more will carry interest and the Order also provides for some types ofjudgment to be excluded from the schemealtogether (for example, interest will not accrue on maintenance ordersexcept lump sum orders of £5,000 or more) (article 2)

Where the judgment creditor applies to enforce payment of the judgmentby execution or some other means, interest will not accrue as long as theenforcement process is wholly or partly successful (article 4).Provision is also made as to the appropriation of interest(article 6)