When a case is lost, and you are ordered to pay a judgment sum (together most probably with legal costs), the usual order will be for payment within 14 days. But what if you do not have the money and cannot pay? This will very often be the position for a losing party especially in these difficult times. Will you be given time to pay?
When giving judgment the court has the power to order that payments are made by installments or at a later time. The Civil Procedure Rules provides (CPR 40.11) that: