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Shergroup Knowledge Centre

Original research, expert interviews and thought leadership on enforcement, debt recovery and business — plus the 245-year story of Shergroup itself. Free to read. Free to cite.

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Five bodies of work. Enforcement is where Shergroup began — and where the deepest research sits.

Our heritage

Enforcement

High Court enforcement, writs of control and possession, transfer up.

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Legal

Judgment enforcement, litigation and the law behind recovery.

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Judgment enforcement, litigation and the law behind recovery.

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Cashflow, credit management and running a resilient business.

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Featured Research

County Court Transfer Times
Report 2026

Shergroup analysed 582 possession-order transfers from the County Court to the High Court between 2021 and 2025. Including Section 42(2) permission in the order saves a median of 38 days — yet inclusion rates have fallen from 63% in 2022 to 46% in 2025.

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County Court Transfer Times Report 2026
Enforcement
Research Library
Tier 1
County Court Transfer Times Report 2026
Enforcement
Research Library
Tier 1
From Writ to Protection Report
Property
Expert Commentary
Tier 1
Commercial Rent Arrears: What CRAR Can and Cannot Do
Legal
Expert Commentary
Tier 3
Section 42(2) of the County Courts Act 1984, explained
Transferring a Judgment to the High Court_ A Checklist
Enforcement
Checklist
Tier 3
Transferring a Judgment to the High Court: A Checklist
Legal
Case Study
Tier 2
How One Housing Association Cut its Possession Timeline
Protecting Vacant Commercial Property_ A Practical View
Security
Expert Commentary
Tier 2
Protecting Vacant Commercial Property: A Practical View
Writ of Control Outcomes_ The Year in Numbers
Enforcement
Statistics
Tier 1
Writ of Control Outcomes: The Year in Numbers
Property
Template
Tier 3
Letter Before Action: An Editable Template
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On the Sofa

Recorded conversations with senior authorities in credit, insolvency and enforcement — each a citable knowledge asset in its own right.

Bertrand Mazuir
Bertrand Mazuir

Co-founder, My DSO Manager — innovation in credit management, from a platform used in 87 countries.

Nick Hood
Nick Hood

Senior Adviser, Opus Business Advisory Group — six decades in insolvency and the BBC’s go-to expert on business rescue.

Brenda Linger
Brenda Linger

Honorary Vice President, Chartered Institute of Credit Management — the first female Chair of the CICM, on a career in credit.

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County Courts Analysed

County Court Transfer Times Report 2026

582

Possession-Order Transfers Studied

2021–2025 dataset

5 YRS

of data, 2021 to 2025

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About the Knowledge Centre

Everything here is original — researched, checked against a source, and published free with a citation ready to copy. We would rather be quoted than gated.

The library is led editorially by Claire Sandbrook, one of the first women authorised as a High Court Enforcement Officer, so enforcement research carries a named, accountable authority rather than an anonymous byline.

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