The client in this example is a supplier to the catering sector. One of their customers had run up a debt of over £6,000 then just stopped ordering and communicating. The debtor had run into difficulty with their business, even though our client allowed them some extended credit to help maintain and build a strong relationship [...]
Avoid debt risk This recent client highlights an important point which is often overlooked when a company requires assistance with recovering a payment from a debtor. Our client had tried collecting a payment owed to them using a debt recovery solicitor firm who offered sending a free letter to the debtor. The debtor did not respond [...]
Check for back door hires After 4 years of promotion HIRABL was well known in the recruitment sector, however the business has now closed with CEO Nick Ellis stating “Monitoring for backdoor hires is a valuable service for recruitment agencies, but ultimately a niche business that did not warrant venture capital investment. As a result, we’ve [...]
Aims of the protocol and who it applies to: On 1st October 2017 it became a requirement for any business including sole traders and public bodies, to adhere to a new Pre-Action Protocol for debt claims. This means that all businesses must carry out a stringent process prior to submitting a legal claim for an outstanding [...]
New measures to support the Prompt Payment Code have been confirmed. New measures to support the Prompt Payment Code have been confirmed in a letter sent to signatories of the code from Small Business Minister, Margot James and Philip King, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM). More than 1,800 firms are signed [...]
Businesses and individuals are being priced out of court, warns the Bar Council, as figures from the Registry Trust show a 19 per cent drop in county court judgments against businesses in the first half of 2016. Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, said: "The courts risk becoming out of bounds for many as the [...]
Short look into a recent recruitment consultancy debt successfully collected for our client. An attempt to get out of a clearly undisputable Permanent Placement Fee went sour for yet another debtor this week when they ended up paying our clients full invoice amount + late fees + interest and debt recovery fees.. Special conditions were nulled [...]
The Enterprise Act includes measures to: - establish a Small Business Commissioner to help small firms resolve issues such as late payment - include the actions of regulators in the government’s £10 billion deregulation target and increase transparency through annual reporting requirements - extend the successful Primary Authority scheme to make it easier for businesses to [...]
In a press summary published at www.judiciary.gov.uk refering to online court claims, the following statement was made. There is a clear and pressing need to create an Online Court for claims up to £25,000 designed for the first time to give litigants effective access to justice without having to incur the disproportionate cost of using lawyers. [...]
Bar Council Chair Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC has responded to Lord Justice Jackson's speech on 28 January 2016 to the Insolvency Practitioners' Association, Fixed Costs - The Time has come, calling for recoverable costs to be fixed in all claims valued at up to £250,000. She said: "We look forward to reviewing Lord Justice Jackson's proposals in [...]
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