United Kingdom enforcementcontemptCPR Part 71

Ashley & Anr v Jimenez

[2025] EWHC 557 (Ch)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtEngland and Wales High Court (Chancery Division)

Year2025

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A judgment debtor who deliberately fails to submit properly to court-ordered medical examination cannot then rely on his own medical evidence to claim he is unfit to attend or participate in enforcement proceedings, and material non-compliance with a Part 71 examination order can found a breach of a suspended committal order.

Area of Law

General

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