This includes taking instructions, preparing and issuing letter by 1st Class post.
The debtor will be advised to send any payments and communication to you directly.
Should you require us to enter into discussion or correspond with the debtor this would be carried out at a standard additional fixed fee of £30.00+VAT per item.
A fee of £10.00+VAT is chargeable for transferring each debtor payment received by us to you.
Stage 2 – Issue of Claim
*Both the Court fee and part of Bermans fee (as shown in brackets) are recoverable if successful
Should the debtor file a defence then this will be referred to one of our lawyers who will advise you accordingly. Any work carried out at this point will be chargeable at an hourly rate, as detailed later in this document.
Stage 3 – Obtain Judgment
*Part of Bermans fee (as shown in brackets) is recoverable if successful
The £ value range given above is dependent on the type of Judgment being requested:
In default of Acknowledgement of Service
In default of Defence
On Admission and acceptance of offer
On Admission and rejection of offer
Stage 4 – Enforcement
Writ of Control (enforcement via HCEO)
*Both the Court fee and part of Bermans fee (as shown in brackets) are recoverable if successful
Should enforcement be unsuccessful the HCEO will charge an abortive fee of £75.00+VAT.
Costings for other forms of Enforcement are available on request (as below):
The Government recently announced that it does not intend to legislate to implement the September 2016 Law Commission proposals to modernise the archaic Bills of Sale regime:
“Given the concerns that were raised in the consultation, the small and reducing market and the wider work on high-cost credit, the government will not introduce legislation at this point in time. The government will continue to work with the FCA as they carry out their high-cost credit review, and then further consider government action on alternatives to high-cost credit in light of the FCA’s review”.
The Law Commission is reviewing the difficult subject of the electronic execution of documents, and in particular deeds.
In principle all legal documents should be capable of electronic execution, but some doubt remains about the position regarding deeds in view of the statutory requirement for deeds to be witnessed.
It has been almost 6 months since the GDPR regime came into effect, and early signs would suggest that the invoice finance industry has adapted well to the new requirements.
As expected there was something of a last-minute rush to ensure compliance, but fears were perhaps eased by helpful comments from the Information Commissioner such as she made on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on 25 May 2018:
“We are not looking for perfection. We do not have thousands of inspectors going out and checking people’s homework. What we do have are millions of people that have new rights and they can make a complaint against a company to our office”.
As long ago as late 2014 the Government indicated its intention to outlaw prohibitions of assignment in commercial contracts in an attempt to support the invoice finance industry as a key provider of alternative finance to UK SMEs.
A study by the University of the West of England argues that the working day is extended during commutes by advancements in technology. The study looked at 5,000 passengers commuting into London. Many employees were using their commuting time to send work emails from their phones and tablets.
Is it disability discrimination if an employer deals with an ill health retirement procedure badly? Not necessarily, the Court of Appeal has said. Mr Dunn was employed by the Ministry of Justice. He had depression and a serious heart condition. He applied for ill health early retirement. The process was handled badly and was unnecessarily bureaucratic. But was this poor treatment because of his disability (direct discrimination) or something arising in consequence of it (discrimination arising from disability)? The employment tribunal said yes, but the Employment Appeal Tribunal disagreed.
Are care workers who ‘sleep in’ at work entitled to the national minimum wage for the whole of their shift? In Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake, care workers had to spend the night at or near their place of work. They were expected to sleep for most of that period. They might be woken if their assistance was needed. Were they entitled to the minimum wage even when they were sleeping?
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