Knock Knock Who’s There? – Nick Griffin’s Car Seized (Updated 19:15)
It’s the Sheriff! High Court Enforcement Officers are this morning at Nick Griffin’s house seeking assets in lieu of party debts. Update 19:14– Nick Griffin’s car has been seized.
According to reports, Mr Griffin has refused to come out and has sent his wife out to negotiate with the sheriff.
The police are now in attendance to help with the enforcement.
Earlier in the morning, the sheriff also called in at the nearby residence of Simon Darby, but he was not in. They will, by all accounts, be returning there later in the day.
The sheriff arrived with a lorry to remove Mr Griffin’s personal vehicle, a Skoda. According to information received, the sheriffs are not going to leave without the vehicle.
In addition, some £20,000 put up by Mr Darby as a security for an appeal has now been frozen on the client account of his so-called solicitors.
These events have been provoked, according to sources, by repeated insults directed to the creditors, the lawyers and the sheriff’s office by a poster going by the name of “Derrick Day” on a certain internet forum. The sheriff’s office in particular were aggrieved by the remarks directed against them and decided to act to the fullest extent of their powers.
The matter is to do with an amount of £45,000 relating to legal costs of a court case lost by Mr Griffin last year. ** The sheriffs attempted to gain access to the Wigton office last week but were refused access.
* Update 16:22 (factual correction). One of Mr Griffin’s daughters emerged from the house with a piece of paper claiming that the Skoda was recently sold to Ian Kitchen (the former Yorkshire regional organiser who is more famous for his wife’s pornographic film exploits) and that the vehicle is leased to Mr Griffin by Mr Kitchen.
There is of course no log book available for inspection, so the sheriff is currently checking with the DVLA as to the registered ownership of the car. If the vehicle is indeed registered in Mr Kitchen’s name, the car will be left alone.
However, the problem will not go away. In law, if an “unsatisfied executioner” is unable to take goods to meet a court-ordered judgement, (“nulla bona”), then one option is a move to obtain personal bankruptcy without further delay or notice.
Update: 19:15 Court officers have seized Nick Griffin’s Skoda. A full written report will be submitted next week. Unless Ian Kitchen can prove title to the car, it will be sold next week at auction.
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