We recovered £2,000 for our client, thanks to the Sheriffs and a pragmatic landlord
We've worked with the Sheriff's Men - aka Andrew Wilson & Co - for some time now and between us we've resolved a variety of cases. We've also had some [...]
How credit referencing agencies help us to help you protect your business
Certain TV channels, the ones further down the EPG, are full of adverts for free credit referencing. 'Find out your credit score for free! Check your credit score before you [...]
Director who was owed £89,000 for eight years gets all his money back with our help
Clients sometimes come to us with debts outstanding that they feel they have no hope of resolving because too much time has elapsed. We recently helped the director of a [...]
Court mediation: What is it and when can we use it?
Court action, as we all know, can be costly and time-consuming and the courts, as much as the parties involved, would always prefer a quicker, less painful way of resolving [...]
CCJ: What is a County Court Judgement? Our legal expert Robyn Baxter explains
You might have heard the term CCJ - County Court Judgement - in connection with someone's business problems but do you know what it means? Put simply: if a person [...]
Courts take school fee contracts seriously, even if some parents don’t
We've had another success recently with one of our clients in the charity sector, an independent, fee-paying school. Appropriately enough, it offers some lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic. Payment [...]
Teaming up with the High Court enforcement agents
At Philip Elliott Associates we work closely with a company called Andrew Wilson & Co, High Court Enforcement, who are part of our debt recovery team. For the agents of [...]
Chasing payment on a day out with the ‘sheriffs’
High court enforcement agents - or 'The sheriffs' as they are billed on the telly - are the people at the really sharp end of debt collection. They are the [...]
New rules on going to court mean less action, more paperwork, more delays
In October, new rules come into force governing what businesses need to do in the lead up to legal action against clients who have failed to pay. The Pre-Action Protocol [...]