The Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 [electronic resource]
McKenzie, D.
The Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 [electronic resource] - 2003 - Scots Law Times (25) 25 July 2003, 205-208(4) .
Provides a detailed discussion and analysis of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002, which received Royal Assent on 17 December 2002. Runs through the principal measures adopted: the introduction of a national debt arrangement scheme; the replacement of the diligence of poinding and warrant sale by a diligence of attachment; the mandatory provision of information and advice to debtors facing enforcement actions against them; new protection for debtors in respect of creditors use of attachment against them; making the exceptional attachment order only available in exceptional circumstances; and a distinction to be drawn between debtors who cannot and debtors who will not pay. Concludes that the Act improves the protections that were provided by the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987.
DEBT ARRANGEMENT AND ATTACHMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
DEBTORS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1987
DILIGENCE
POINDING
DEBTORS
CREDITORS
ENFORCEMENT ACTION
DEBT RECOVERY
EXCEPTIONAL ATTACHMENT ORDERS
SCOTLAND
The Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 [electronic resource] - 2003 - Scots Law Times (25) 25 July 2003, 205-208(4) .
Provides a detailed discussion and analysis of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002, which received Royal Assent on 17 December 2002. Runs through the principal measures adopted: the introduction of a national debt arrangement scheme; the replacement of the diligence of poinding and warrant sale by a diligence of attachment; the mandatory provision of information and advice to debtors facing enforcement actions against them; new protection for debtors in respect of creditors use of attachment against them; making the exceptional attachment order only available in exceptional circumstances; and a distinction to be drawn between debtors who cannot and debtors who will not pay. Concludes that the Act improves the protections that were provided by the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987.
DEBT ARRANGEMENT AND ATTACHMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
DEBTORS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1987
DILIGENCE
POINDING
DEBTORS
CREDITORS
ENFORCEMENT ACTION
DEBT RECOVERY
EXCEPTIONAL ATTACHMENT ORDERS
SCOTLAND