The meaning of ‘decree’ includes (by virtue of the same Section 221) ‘a civil judgement granted outside Scotland by a court, tribunal or arbiter which, by virtue of any enactment or rule of law, is enforceable in Scotland’.
A judgment from a court in England and Wales, or Northern Ireland, once registered in the Books of Council and Session, contains warrant for diligence, as though it were a decree of Scotland’s supreme civil court; therefore, a messenger-at-arms is the officer authorised to enforce such a decree.
It is very appropriate, therefore, for creditors or solicitors outside Scotland to instruct messengers-at-arms directly. Send us your certificate of money provisions (Form 111) and we can present it for registration in the Books of Council and Session. Once we have the extract registered certificate, we can begin enforcement immediately.
