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    Enforcing a VCAT order

    Yes unfortunately that's how the enforcement system works. And court/tribunal registries sometimes get the paperwork wrong. You don't have insurance to you hand the judgement debt over to? Trying to enforce the order on principle is probably going to be an expensive and time-consuming process...
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    Enforcing a VCAT order

    I can't see how a judgement which has a timeframe attached to it is any different from a judgement that "falls due immediately" - when the only way to enforce payment is to commence enforcement proceedings. Otherwise I think we're saying the same thing - after a judgement is made, a judgement...
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    Enforcing a VCAT order

    I don't think judgement orders can specify a time frame. Even if it did, then its not binding. As I mentioned, a judgement is just an order saying that the money is owed. Its only enforcement orders that can bind a person to a timeframe in payment. (Although you can generally claim interest...
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    Enforcing a VCAT order

    Unfortunately that's how the civil legal system works. Even after you get a judgement sum, you need to commence enforcement proceedings if they don't pay. Simple way to think about it is that judgement is an order saying that someone owes you money - and enforcement orders are the thing that...
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