Charging Order
A Charging Order is a charge placed on a property in order to secure your debt against the property. You can only obtain a Charging Order once you have a County Court Judgment (CCJ) against a debtor or if the debtor agrees.

North West: 01606 611955
London: 0203 4340433
We have seen immense growth, following the demand for client-focused, effective options for dispute resolution.
As a company we have no aspirations to be a full suite legal service provider. Instead we concentrate on providing enviable legal services in our specialist fields – Debt Resolution, Civil & Commercial Litigation and Landlord & Tenant Services.
DCB Legal Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA registration number 638321.
We will undertake searches at the Land Registry to establish ownership of the property and will prepare the relevant application for a Charging Order. This will be submitted to the Court with supporting evidence in order for an Interim Charging Order (ICO) to be granted.
Once the Interim Charging Order (ICO) is granted we will register it with the Land Registry, and send a copy to anyone else with an interest in the property e.g. spouses and mortgage lenders to put them on notice of your interest.
Once all interested parties have been served with a copy of the Charging Order application and ICO, we will prepare the relevant paperwork to submit to the Court to evidence this, together with an up-to-date statement of the amount due.
The debtor has 28 days to oppose the application, in which case the matter will be listed for a hearing. If no response is received we will apply for a Final Charging Order (FCO). If this application is successful, the FCO will be granted.
Once the FCO has been received, we will serve a copy on the Debtor and put them on notice that you could make a separate application to the Court for an Order that the property be sold, if they do not voluntarily extinguish the debt by either selling the property themselves or offering payment by instalments.
The debtor has 28 days from receipt of the Interim Charging Order to contact the Court with objections, following which the matter will be listed for a hearing. The debtor has to send any objections, in writing, to the Court and the Creditor no later than 7 days before the hearing.
The debtor will have the opportunity to apply for conditions to be attached to the Order, for example preventing the sale of a property if he keeps up with a repayment plan, or if the debtor lives there with dependants.
Our expert team is ready to assist you. Call us directly at 0203 434 0433 to speak with a specialist.
Prefer to have us reach out? Fill out our enquiry form and we’ll get in touch with you promptly.
The charge will remain on the property until the debt is discharged.
Any Charging Orders on the property are listed in order of when they were applied for. A mortgage lender usually takes priority on a property.
Different rules apply depending on how the property is owned and whether the other party is also connected to the debt. We will investigate this and make the necessary applications. In short, the debt will attach itself to the percentage of the property owned by the debtor.
Yes, a Charging Order does not stop High Court Enforcement.
DCB Legal Ltd are specialist Debt Recovery, Civil & Commercial Litigation Solicitors
Make EnquiryDCB Legal- Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.