Attachment of Earnings Orders could become more effective
The problem with attachment of earnings orders is that the court calculates the deductions based on information provided by the debtor which is often unreliable. Therefore these deductions tend to be low.
The solutions are already in Section 91 & 92 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 but have not yet been implemented. These recomend that deductions should be calculated from earnings based on a fixed table, the same system as for council tax and fines recovery. This removes the requirement of court employees having to make the calculations and places the process in the hands of the emplorers. It would speed up the whole process and remove the unreliablity of debtor information.
Arkline Process Servers and Tracing Agents
News article posted on 06 February 2012