Building Delays in residential builds: A Homeowners options
Building Delays in residential builds: A Homeowners options My Home Builder is “running late”. When can I terminate my residential building contract and get another
Our Debt Recovery Team is headed by an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation. Our Expert Debt Recovery Lawyers will provide your business with practical advice and strategies for recovering debts owed to you and avoiding bad debtors in future. Our objective is always to identify and assess any dispute then recover the debt quickly.
We understand that you have better things to do than get involved in drawn out Court proceedings.
Our experienced Solicitors can assist you with all stages of the debt recovery process including:
We have an excellent success rate of recovering debts and negotiating favourable outcomes for our clients.
We offer a Fixed Fee debt recovery service.
If the debt is genuinely disputed the best outcome is often a commercial compromise.
This means that whilst you might not receive the full amount of the debt you will avoid some of the costs, delays and headaches that can be associated with defended Court proceedings. A negotiated compromise can also be documented in such a way so as to created additional securities (guarantees) and will eliminate costs associated with defended Court proceedings if the settlement agreement is breached.
If you carry on business in the building and construction industry we will quickly evaluate whether you can use the Security of Payment Laws to recover the debt and avoid defended litigation.
Many businesses waste their valuable time chasing debtors on the telephone and sending letters that just get ignored.
Our Lawyers take a no nonsense approach that gets results fast. If a genuine dispute exists, we will assist you to reach a commercial outcome that will deliver a better result than defended Court action.
We offer a Fixed Fee Solution for Best First Step Debt Collection
Our Commercial Lawyers can help your business focus on the big picture in relation to debt recovery.
Not only do we have simple, efficient and cost effective solutions to chasing your bad debtors, we help our clients put in place preventative measures to ensure that their quoting and contracting procedures will reduce the number and consequences of bad debtors in the future.
Making effective everyday business contracts will reduce the risk of disputes and bad debtors and improve the value of your business.
Find out more information here.
Contact us for a copy of our Guide to Making Effective Everyday Contracts.
Good debtor and creditor management is critical to ensuring your business has sufficient cash flow to survive and succeed. Cash flow does not simply occur as a result of the undertaking of work or sale of goods. Money does not just appear in your bank account when you render an invoice. It is the result of the implementation of effective debtor and creditor management policies and continuous monitoring and enforcement of those policies.
What is a debtor management procedure? Why do I need it?
A debtor management procedure sets out your business’s process for managing its debtors, including when reminder letters, emails or phone calls are to be made to debtors in relation to an Account, and which template letters or emails are to be used.
By following an effective debtor management procedure, your business can ensure that monies owed to it are collected in a timely manner in order to maintain your business’s cashflow and to minimise “bad debt“.
A sample debtor management procedure can be found here Roberts Legal Sample Debtor Management Procedure
What is a creditor management procedure? Why is it needed?
A creditor management procedure sets out your business’s process for extending credit. This includes what searches are to be carried out in respect of creditors and when, the provision and completion of credit application forms, the provision of terms and conditions, the registration of security interests, the issuance of invoices, the enforcement of credit limits and, if necessary, referral to the debtor management procedure.
By following an effective creditor management procedure, your business can ensure that it is extending credit to businesses that are likely to pay it back within trading terms and that if a creditor fails to pay, your business is best placed to recover its debt.
A sample creditor management procedure can be found here Roberts Legal Sample Credit Management Procedure
Our Fixed Fee Best First Step Debt Collection service is a smart choice for businesses that need to recover mass debts and need assistance avoiding bad debtors in the future.
Our objective is always to identify and assess any dispute then recover the debt quickly.
We offer a cost effective solution.
$150 + GST per debt.
Our Fixed Fee Best First Step Debt Collection service includes:
A detailed letter of demand, when drafted the right way and followed up closely with a phone demand by a lawyer, can often resolve a matter and avoid the need to proceed to costly litigation.
The phone demand is a critical, yet often overlooked aspect of effective debt recovery. Importantly the call is made following a comprehensive, custom letter of demand, within the payment period and made by a lawyer.
Our Security of Payment Guide helps Developers, Contractors, Subcontractors, Suppliers and Consultants in the building industry gain a better understanding of how the security of payment regime works and when and why to seek our professional help. The guide is written in plain English and is easy to understand.
Employment and industrial relations issues are for some businesses the trickiest and most time-consuming problems they will face. The sheer task of managing humans can be a minefield without proper legal support. Our Guide explains Australian Employment Laws and includes best practices for engaging, managing and terminating employees.
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Restitution to the rescue; $390,000.00 (96%) recovery within 2 months for Accounting practice with no Fee Agreement. The client, an Accounting practice, had performed work
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Ned achieved the best possible outcome for us.
“We are absolutely thrilled with the result Roberts Legal achieved for our company! After a long battle over a very large sum of money, Ned achieved the best possible outcome for us. He was incredibly professional, while at the same time extremely patient and easy to talk to. We could not fault our experience with Roberts Legal and would recommend them without hesitation.”
Very professional handing of a complex and technical matter.
“Very professional handing of a complex and technical multi-layered legal matter, with a favourable outcome. Excellent experience. I would highly recommend.”
Jim Limberis
Netseek Pty Limited
A brilliant result from a professional Legal Firm.
“We had a debt needed recovered and after trying 2 law firms with no success, we found Roberts Legal. We had our debt paid in full after the first action they took for us. The communication was brilliant and all the staff friendly and helpful. A brilliant result from a professional Legal Firm.”
Rod Burgess
Roberts Legal are professional, provide excellent attention to detail and strive to gain the best results for their clients.
“I would not hesitate to recommend Roberts Legal, they are professional, provide excellent attention to detail and strive to gain the best results for their clients.”
Mark Humphries, Sunbow Roofing
I have used Roberts Legal on a number of different matters all of which have been awarded in my favour.
“Over the past several years I have used Roberts Legal on a number of different matters all of which have been awarded in my favour and I believe this is due to their diligence and their desire to represent their client to the best of their ability.”
Elizabeth Howard
Your debt recovery service has helped our company tremendously. Most of our bad debtors responded to their letter of demand straight away.
“Your debt recovery service has helped our company tremendously. Most of our bad debtors responded to their letter of demand straight away.
The Roberts Legal team have ensured we are kept up to date on all our cases and also made sure we understood all of the legal processes.
I have found Roberts Legal to be very professional and friendly and have no hesitation in recommending Roberts Legal to anyone who needs legal advice.”
Alison Childs, Kindy Patch
Roberts Legal’s debt collection service has helped our debt collection process enormously.
“Roberts Legal’s debt collection service has helped our debt collection process enormously. It is no longer an onerous task to keep track of bad debtors, when the customer receives the letter, so far, they have paid within the two-week time frame.”
Christine Ducker, Tozer Air Conditioning