Sheriff’s Sale

A Sheriff’s sale is one of the true curiosities of the world of property law.  To borrow a phrase ‘a riddle wrapped up in an enigma’.  The urban myth conjures up visions of the dastardly Sheriff riding in on his pitch-black steed to wreck havoc on the ‘innocent’ villager and, as a recent case confirms, there is not likely to be a Robin Hood in the wings waiting to swoop in at the last minute to set things right, indeed, quite the contrary. Read more of this post