Disputes and debt recovery
Unpaid invoices and contract claims, settled early where we can and argued where we cannot. Before anything is issued, you know in writing what a realistic result is worth after costs.
Leads this area
Samuel Marsh
Partner, disputes. With Daniel Price, Trainee solicitor.
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How fees work here
Prices exclude VAT at 20%. You get the fee in writing before any work starts.
Fixed.
Fixed, plus the court fee.
Hourly, with an estimate in writing for each stage before it starts.
A recent matter
£86,400 in unpaid invoices, paid in full in 4 months.
- InstructedTwelve unpaid invoices, £86,400 in total.
- Letter before claimSent with the invoices and a 14-day deadline.
- Claim issuedIn the County Court, with statutory interest claimed.
- Defence dueNo defence filed. Payment terms proposed instead.
- Paid in fullDebt, interest and compensation received.
Paid in full, with £7,100 statutory interest and £840 fixed compensation.
Usually, yes. If your contract says nothing about late payment, the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a business add statutory interest and fixed compensation. Our note on late payment explains how.
Sometimes not. We tell you what a realistic recovery is worth after costs before anything is issued, and often a well-prepared letter before claim is enough.
Then the claim is a dispute and not only a debt. Keep every message about the work, and do not threaten anything you do not intend to do. Call us before replying.
