Non compliance court order - financial settlement

Having agreed and signed a Consent Order I am now in the position where my ex is not complying. He was supposed to pay a lump sum to me last Friday and has failed to do so. I have contacted him and he is saying that the person who was lending him the money has changed their mind unless I drop the agreed amount by £1k. I agreed the settlement when I was told the cash part would be paid at the end of the 28 days. I have emailed the court and waiting for a judge to give Directions. Does Anyone have any experience in situations like this and what my course of action should be. I have advised him interest will be accruing.

Unless your consent order specifically mentions interest you can''t just unilaterally impose it.

Basically you need to apply to the court to have your order enforced, and also state you will be seeking costs. However before doing this I would advise trying to find out if he is able to pay or not. If he genuinely doesn''t have the money there is no point going to court as no matter how many orders you get they won''t produce money out of thin air.

Also the court doesn''t have the power to ask someone to take a loan, they can attach earnings, assets etc but if there is nothing to go after you are wasting your time.