But even though the Bank of China mortgage allowed the couple to rid themselves of such messy bits of business as a federal tax lien for some $ 100, 000, back property taxes on the palace totalling just over $ 200, 000, and a writ of attachment for nearly $ 465, 000 in unpaid bills for construction management services, signs of financial difficulties persist.
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In order to overcome the problem, the Constitutional Court proposes a remedy based on judicial oversight of the execution process : namely, that a magistrate must carefully consider the facts of each case in order to determine ( before a writ of attachment in respect to immovable property is issued in terms of section 66 ) whether the execution will be reasonable and justifiable in the circumstances.
