A landlord may be able to enforce payment of arrears from tenants who are in paid employment through an attachment of earnings order under the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971. The order requires the tenant’s employer to deduct rent payments from the tenant’s wages and to pay this money to the court collection officer.

If you fail to pay money as ordered in a County Court Judgement, the creditor can apply to the court to have money deducted from your wages. Deductions are made at the rate of payment decided by the court as reasonable. (Attachment of Earnings Orders for Council Tax are dealt with by the Magistrates Court under a different system).

when deductions are made directly from the debtor's earnings, to pay creditors.

a process whereby the Court of Queen's Bench orders that the wages of a person may be diverted to satisfy a court judgment that has been given against that person. The order for attachment of earnings has to be applied for by the party in whose favour the judgment was given