Debt recovery
12 March 2010

Commercial recoveries

Process led, proactive recovery of volume debts from businesses or individuals, using award-winning case management systems.

Our fully trained, 70-strong team boasts an exceptional record of successful debt recovery in all sectors of the economy.

We have particular expertise in pursuing the recovery of bulk consumer debt. In 2008 we collected in excess of £170 million (and secured a further £130 million) using a sophisticated case management system.

We operate innovative costs structures.  We have devised a specialist fixed fee product to cater for low balance debts.

The team
We have an experienced and dedicated debt recovery team led by Head of Practice Area, Jill Cox. The team comprises solicitors, paralegals and administrators. Our quality standards are underwritten by high levels of auditing, supervising, training and coaching. Our team leaders operate on low management gearing (1:6) to ensure consistently high levels of performance.  We believe the quality of our people is the key to our success. Over 70% of our paralegals are law graduates.

Case Management
We operate an in house developed version of Visualfiles case management system. In 2008 our Business Systems team received a national award from Visualfiles for the best use of their system. The flexibility of the system and the expertise of our developers give us the ability to design and implement bespoke processes and reporting suites. We work with clients to maximise efficient interface between their systems and ours.

We have provided our services to a number of major financial institutions and debt purchase clients for over six years with excellent results.

Current clients include the UK’s largest personal lender, four global debt purchasers, ScottishPower and Motor Insurers’ Bureau.  We believe we have the right people and processes to deliver a high quality service tailored to your needs.

Our systems have been specially developed to make the process as simple and rapid as possible.

Achieving early settlement means we need only issue court proceedings in 20% of cases. We are expert in all forms of enforcement, and we have had particular success with voluntary charges, charging orders and attachment of earnings orders.

We also have a specialised insolvency team, who progress appropriate matters from statutory demand through to the realisation of assets by our appointee as trustee in bankruptcy.

Our approach is professional, efficient and process-driven. We understand that there are different levels of sensitivity regarding collection methods, and we respond to your preferences and requirements at every stage.

Above all, we have a culture of constant improvement and dedication to client satisfaction. Data capture and prediction of percentages of debt collected are essential parts of our service.

"Extremely professional, amiable and friendly..."
Chambers 2007