Proportionality of the manner of performing distrainment

Date of article: 23/06/2014

Daily News of: 23/06/2014

Country:  Czechia

Author: Czech Public Defender of Rights

Article language: en

Ombudsman was approached by a complainant requesting an inquiry into the procedure of the Ministry of Justice in supervising the activity of a court distrainor. She found the manner of distrainment out of proportion because the distrainor had “froze” eleven of the complainant's properties worth several million Czech korunas (and also three current accounts) for his failing to pay the maintenance and support of his son, slightly exceeding CZK 70,000.

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