Commentary Payments for legal services in civil cases Section 51: Divorce etc proceedings: orders for sale of property
314.Section 51 amends section 24A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 so that the court’s power to order the sale of property in order to give effect to certain types of order extends also to the new type of order under the new section 22ZA. ‘Property’ could be assets such as a holiday home, shares or other illiquid assets.