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Bulk Debt Recovery Service – Fixed Fee Service

We are pleased to be able to offer a Debt Recovery Service for clients at the rates shown below.

The initial cost per letter (Letter before Action “LBA”) will be calculated on the basis of the number of debts sent to us at any one time. For example:

1-5 debts - £25 each LBA

6-20 debts - £20 each LBA

21-50 debts - £15.00 per LBA

51-100 debts - £10.00 per LBA

If further work is required to recover a debt, it will be agreed prior to any action being taken by us and will be dealt with in accordance with our Terms of Business.

The process is as follows:

The client sends details of the debts on an excel spreadsheet with details of the debtors, that is, their name and address and the amount of the debt.

At this point, money on account will be payable, for example a batch of 30 debts would equate to a fee payable of £450 plus VAT. Payment can be made to us by cash, cheque or credit card.

An LBA (the wording of which will be agreed with the client beforehand) will then be sent to each debtor.

A three week deadline will be set, at which point we will update you, by telephone, of the responses we have received and then agree any further action.

The responses are likely to fall into one of four categories:

Payment in full
Proposals to pay by installments
Dispute as to the sum due
LBA ignored/returned

Once we have discussed the responses received, we can agree what (if any) further action is to be taken. We can negotiate for payment or issue proceedings on your behalf, both of which will be charged at an hourly rate.

For further details please call Felicity Keeler on her direct line 01622 891711 or call the office number (local rate) 0845 270 2511

Employment contracts

Here are some reasons why you, as an employer need to have an employment contract in place with every employee – be he/she a salesman, secretary, fellow director, administrator, manager

It is the law that certain particulars have to be stated in writing to the employee within a short time of starting with you
You want to know / be precise about the extent of your obligations over and above those imposed by law automatically
You want to agree with the employee exactly what he or she has to do - to avoid mis understandings about job roles
You want to regulate what happens when the relationship comes to an end, especially where there is a possibility that the employee can cause your business harm after he/she has gone

We review your existing contracts, if any; speak with you – over the telephone, if necessary for however long it takes, usually 1.5 hours - to go through the sort of things that you wish to cover for your particular workforce, prepare the contract and provide you with a master copy in Word format for you to insert your employees' names, personal details and remuneration etc.

Fixed Price per category of employee - £275 plus VAT

Change of name

Although our main office is in Kent, our clients come from all over!… the world, that is

One growing area of work is preparing a Change of Name Deed.

If you wish to anglicize your name or just be known by a different name, your dealings with banks and other institutions will be greatly simplified if you have such a Deed.

In order to prepare one we need sight of your original passport and a utility bill showing where you live; copy them and to know the name by which you would like to be known.

We will prepare up to 10 originals of the Deed.

£175 plus VAT

Tenancies

We will prepare an assured shorthold tenancy for your residential premises. We meet with you - however long it takes - to go through a typical document and discuss how it needs to be adapted to your particular circumstances and the property, amend it and provide you with a master copy in Word format for you to insert your tenants details and the rent

Fixed Price - £175 plus VAT

Confidentiality agreements

Often a business will wish to discuss confidential, future business prospects with a prospective joint venture partner, distributor, new employee, supplier of component parts or some other person who will be involved in the project if it proceeds ('the Outsider')

The business will not want the Outsider to 'steal' or publicise the idea and so would like him to sign a Confidentiality Agreement, impressing on the Outsider the seriousness of the commitment to confidentiality and setting out what will happen if the confidentiality is breached.

The Agreement will

Provide a consideration - you cannot sue on a promise
Identify the nature of the confidential information so that everyone is clear what is and is not protected
List out exceptional circumstances which will not give rise to a claim. You do not want the courts to negate or limit the effectiveness of the undertakings to be given because they are unreasonably wide
Require the Outsider not to make use of the confidential information in various ways - it is no good asking him not to use it, if he passes it on for someone else to use
Require him, in certain circumstances, to hand back or destroy any paperwork in relation to the confidential information or project
Indicate when the obligations will cease
Spell out the consequences of a breach - injunctions, damages etc
State that English law applies - often these agreements have an international element to them

As with any legal document, it is usually best that it is presented to the proposed signatory well in advance and he is given time to read it, perhaps with legal advice. You do not want to be faced with the defence - it was thrust in front of me and I was not given the opportunity to consider it properly.

We can usually prepare such an Agreement for a fixed fee