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Getting back money you are owed can be extremely difficult and time consuming. Often it is not obvious exactly what you are legally entitled to do to remedy the situation you find yourself in. However, by engaging an experienced debt recovery solicitor to act on your behalf, you can be certain that every legal step will be taken to recover the debt owed.
Recovering an unpaid debt from an individual or a business
The usual stages in the debt recovery process includes:
For undisputed debts, we can offer a fixed fee for stages 1 to 3 above, and agree a competitive fee estimate in respect of the final stage.
Costs – Undisputed Debt Recovery
Debt Amount | Letter of Claim (excl. VAT) |
Issuing Proceedings (excl. VAT) |
Entering Judgment (excl. VAT) |
Court Issue Fee |
Up to £1,000 | £250 | £300 | £100 | £35 – £70 |
£1,001 – £5,000 | £300 | £400 | £200 | £80 – £205 |
£5,001 – £10,000 | £350 | £500 | £250 | £455 |
£10,000 – £200,000 | £750 | £950 | £500 | 5% claim value |
£200,000+ | £1000 | £1200 | £750 | £10,000 |
All of the above costs mentioned are exclusive of VAT.
VAT is payable on all our costs at the current prevailing rate of 20%.
Disbursements
In addition, you will also be required to pay to the court a fee to issue the claim and the fee differs depending on the amount of the debt. See above. Currently VAT is not payable on court fees. There may be other expenses payable as part of the litigation process and we will of course confirm them to you in due course should they apply to your case.
Some of the above costs may be claimed from the debtor and we can advise you how much you may claim depending on the circumstances of your case.
If the case is complex or the documentation provided is not in good order, it may take the matter outside of the scope of our fixed fee service. Any additional work and related cost will be discussed with you at the relevant time.
Process
There are a number of steps you can take when seeking debt recovery and some of these are:
It is important to clearly understand the cost implications of debt recovery actions to ensure that the cost does not exceed the debt involved.
In many cases, the action of sending a 7 day letter, advising that if the debt is not paid within this timescale that legal action will be commenced, may be enough to recover the debt. You may have already tried this, however a letter from a solicitor may potentially hold more weight. Where there is no response to this letter, you may consider a court order or judgment. Your debt still may not be secured as the judgement has to be enforced and we can assist you with this process too.
We offer a range of funding options, from fixed fee advice to stage payments, depending on your needs. If the debt is disputed, we can still assist with all of the above stages and are happy to agree a competitive fee estimate with you.
When it comes to debt recovery, we strongly believe that litigation should only be used as a last resort. To help settle cases with debtors you may wish to continue your relationship with, we can provide mediation and dispute resolution services. You can instruct us with the confidence that all our litigation debt recovery work is supervised and conducted by a qualified solicitor and partner of the firm who has over 30 years post-qualification experience.
If you would like to discuss our debt recovery services or mediation, please call us now on 0161 665 4400 or complete our Free Online Enquiry and we’ll be in touch with you as soon as we can.
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