Judgment debt enforced against SIPP benefits

In Century Property (Leeds) Ltd v Aldiss [2025] EWHC 1348 (KB), the High Court has ordered the enforcement of a judgment debt against the debtor’s pension and lump sum benefits under a SIPP. In so doing, the Court applied the jurisdiction identified in Blight v Brewster [2012] EWHC 165 (Ch). The Court also gave the creditor’s solicitors the authority to sign the relevant documentation on the debtor’s behalf.

A transcript of the judgment can be found here.

Readers will recall that the Court of Appeal has recently held that such orders cannot be made against a judgment debtor’s benefits under an occupational pension scheme, because of s.91 PA95: Manolete Partners PLC v White [2024] EWCA Civ 1418, a note of which can be found here. That provision does not apply to SIPPs.