THE SERVICE...

Linton Pitt Lawyers can become a partnership with your business as assist in the compliance and legal understandings of your business and the specific credit problems.

Regular reports on the progress of your accounts will keep you updated with actions being taken on your behalf.

Our debt, asset and security recovery team has specialised experience in:

• Cash flow Management
• Collecting trade debts
• Collecting commercial debts
• Collecting retail credit sale debts
• Enforcing Hire Purchase, Lease and Conditional Sale Agreement debts
• Mortgage and Secured lending actions (possession and sale of property)
• Creditor's bankruptcy petitions (Individual)
• Creditor's winding up petitions (Corporate)
• Avoidance of debtor property transfers
• Alternative dispute resolutions
• Possession and sale of property for Insolvency Practitioners / Bankruptcy trustees

Courts

• Local Court
• District Court
• Supreme Court
• Federal Court
• Tribunals

Other Services

There are many other areas in which taking legal advice will benefit your business or safeguard you against potential problems. We can advise you how to avoid as well as solve legal problems relating to:

• Property
• Employment
• Director's responsibilities
• Licensing
• Bankruptcy
• Liquidations and Receivership

The Fees

Our fees depend upon the number, quality and type of debts, and whether we have been instructed to recover money, assets or property. The age of the debt is also material.

We are pleased to provide likely estimates of outlays and fees at each stage of proceedings.

We can also discuss fees for contingencies such as:

• A cash flow management service through our related companies
• A sliding board scale based on the amount of the debt.
• The level of fees in the event that the debt is defended

In assessing our fees, our object is to provide our clients with real value for money and ensuring a continuing partnership

In the small number of matters where a defence being entered, we will request your instructions, and will advise you of likely costs.

To Lodge Instructions With Linton Pitt Lawyers.

The following is far from exhaustive, but this is what we will need:

• Debtor's full name (s) and address / registered office
• State of the account - statement / consumer credit documentation, etc
• The steps taken so far - has there been any correspondence ? Is there a dispute ? What is the nature of the dispute ?
• Security for the debt - is there a Guarantee ? Charges over land or goods ?