{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-39/rule-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-39/rule-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/39/rule/6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Execution of decree against a firm",
  "text": "(1) A decree against a firm may be enforced—\n(a) against any property of the partnership in Northern Ireland;\n(b) against any person who has been adjudged to be liable as a partner;\n(c) against any person who was individually served with the civil bill as a partner or person sought to be made liable—\n[ where he has not served a notice of intention to defend in Form 42 and judgment has been entered in accordance with Order 12 or where he has failed to appear at the hearing.]\n(2) If the person who has obtained the decree claims to be entitled to enforce it against a partner or otherwise, he may apply to [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] for leave so to do, and the following provisions shall apply—\n(a) he shall give to the alleged partner not less than three days’ notice of his application;\n(b) the notice shall be served on the alleged partner personally;\n(c) on the hearing of the application, [ the judge or district judge as the case may be]—\n(i) if liability is not disputed, may give leave for application to be made for enforcement under the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;\n(ii) if liability is disputed, may order the issue of liability to be tried in such manner as he thinks fit and may give any necessary directions for that purpose.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.R. 1995 No. 151 with effect from 01.09.95"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/39/rule/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}