Confirms that courts will appoint a receiver over equitably charged property to enforce a defaulted settlement agreement even where the estate executor offers to sell the properties herself, particularly where default has persisted for months, probate remains ungranted, and there is no trustee for trust properties. Practitioners drafting settlement deeds should note that contractual consent-to-judgment and charge clauses will be enforced via the summary procedure, and that delay in obtaining probate or appointing replacement trustees will weigh against resisting receivership.
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