Debt Litigation in County Court
No. 1 Brunswick Place Southampton SO15 2AN
Tel: 023 8023 5979 Fax: 023 8063 2849
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Debt Collection

STANDARD DEBT COLLECTION CHARGES 2007/2008
                                   
(a)        VAT is charged in addition on all costs other than Court fees;
(b)        You will not be charged for routine photocopying or faxes;
(c)        These charges apply for routine debt collection matters;

Should a claim be more complex then lawyers in our Litigation department will assist and will agree their costs of doing so directly with you.

Its not easy to precisely define fees but the Lawdit’s litigation service can offer fixed fees wherever we can.

Uncontested debt collection ie no dispute and the debtor is unwilling to pay!

 

Claims less than £5000:-

Per debtor:-

            1.         Seven day letter of demand
                        receiving your instructions, immediately
                        sending seven day letter of demand
                        receiving response and/or payment and
                        reporting to you                                                                      £25.00
                       
            2.         Pre-litigation correspondence with you/others or debtor;
telephone conversations with you/debtor or others
regarding claim or compromise                                               £10 each
                                                                                                (up to max of £150)

  1. We will collect only the first three instalments

 under any instalment arrangement or agreement
 approved by you at no additional cost.
 Thereafter, the debtor will be directed to continue
 to pay any further instalments direct to you or, we are
 happy to collect further instalments on your behalf at a
 charge of £7.50 + VAT for each instalment payment collected.
                                                                                                £7.50 each
            4.         Preparing and issuing Claim Form
                        and obtaining judgment (including
                        your authorisation to proceed) (not
                        including Court fees)                                                              £ 150.00

            5.         Allocation Questionnaire – filing/
                        completing (not including Court fee)                                     £ 150.00

            6.         Small Claim Pack                                                                    £ 100.00

Warning

Claims under £5000 effectively mean the above costs are non refundable even if you win!!

Claims more than £5000:-

 

The following prices are per debtor:-

            7.         Seven day letter of demand
                        receiving your instructions, immediately
                        sending seven day letter of demand
                        receiving response and/or payment and
                        reporting to you                                                                      £25.00

            8.         Pre-litigation correspondence with you/others or debtor;
telephone conversations with you/debtor or others
regarding claim or compromise                                               £8 each
                                                                                                (up to max of £150)
           

9.         Preparing and issuing Claim Form
                        and obtaining judgment (including
                        your authorisation to proceed) (not
                        including Court fees)                                                              £190.00

            10.       Allocation Questionnaire – filing/
                        completing (not including Court fee)                                     £85.00

 

For all Claims:-

For straightforward debt collection, we are can now  service through the Courts’ Money Claims On-Line                                                 £ 95.00

            11.       Preparing and arranging service bankruptcy or
                        winding-up Statutory Demand (not
                        including costs of service and
                        Affidavit of Service)                                                              £105.00

            12.       Preparing, issuing and serving bankruptcy
                        or winding-up petitions (not including Court
                        fee, service fees and advertising costs)                                   £760.00

            13.       Dealing with notification of Insolvency proceedings
                        and filing proxy forms and proof of debt forms                    £ 30.00

            14.       Enforcement (costs) (not including Court
                        or Sheriff fees)
                        Warrant of Execution                                                             £ 60.00
                        Attachment of Earnings                                                          £ 60.00
                        Order for questioning                                                             £ 60.00
                        Sheriff                                                                                     £ 60.00
                        Charging Order                                                                       to be quoted
                        Third Party Orders                                                                  to be quoted

            Re-issuing Request for Warrant of Execution                        £ 35.00
            Re-issuing Order for questioning                                            £ 35.00
            Re-issuing Attachment of Earnings                                        £ 35.00

 

 

15.       Fixed solicitors costs claimed on the issue
                        of the Claim Form, Judgment and Enforcement
will be billed on recovery or upon your instructions to close the file.
           
                        £    25 - £ 500                                      £  50
                        £  500 - £1000                                     £  70
                        £1000 - £5000                                     £  80
                        £5000 and above                                 £100
           
                        Judgment fixed costs between £22 and £40
                        Enforcement fixed costs - vary

PLEASE NOTE:
                                    (a)        VAT is charged in addition on all costs other than Court fees;
                                    (b)        you will not be charged for routine photocopying or faxes;
                                    (c)        these charges apply for routine debt collection matters;
                                                Should a claim be more complex then lawyers in our
Litigation department will assist and will agree their costs of doing so directly with you.
                                   

 

Michael Coyle
t: +44(0)23 8023 5979 or
m: +44(0)7976 724 258
michael.coyle@lawdit.co.uk
Izaz Ali
t: +44(0)23 8023 5979 or
m: +44(0)7973 626 288
izaz.ali@lawdit.co.uk

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