What counts as an executive instrument
Not judgments alone. Executive instruments also include negotiable instruments meeting their conditions, notarised instruments, arbitral awards once their formalities are complete, and ordinary contracts and documents to the extent established in them.
The practical consequence: you may not need a substantive claim at all if you already hold a valid executive instrument.
Filing is not the end of the work
Filing opens the file and notifies the debtor. Actual satisfaction depends on what follows: identifying assets, applying for attachment, and pursuing disclosure.
A file with no follow-up applications stays open without moving.
Asset disclosure
The law provides mechanisms to identify the debtor's assets held with relevant entities. Using them requires specific applications; they do not happen automatically on filing.
Coercive measures
Alongside attachment of accounts and assets, the law provides measures affecting the debtor's capacity to deal and certain services — effective pressure tools, applied for in a considered sequence.
Enforcement disputes
The debtor may raise a dispute over the validity of the instrument, the amount adjudged, or prior satisfaction. Addressing it quickly prevents the file turning into a fresh substantive contest consuming the same time again.
The other side: if enforcement is against you
An enforcement measure taken against you without proper basis — prior payment, a miscalculated amount, an invalid instrument — can be lifted by a reasoned application. Delay widens the effect of the measure for no reason.
