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Training Course Summary:

Litigation may be the final option to collect debts. This course provides an up-to-date view of the law and current debt collection practice so that delegates will know what is involved in processing a claim through the court.

Who Should Attend:

Suitable for anyone who wants to understand the process and implications of ‘going legal’ to collect trade debts.

Training Course Overview/Content:

The Legal Relationship with the Customer

Understand the principles of litigation and key definitions
Legal status of your customer
Your contract with the customer
Legal impact of your terms and conditions
Implications of Retention of Title clauses
Implications of the Legal Route

Your choices in pursuing a debt
Exhausting your options before going legal
Is the decision to sue the right one?
How to Process a Claim Through the Court

Understand the procedure from pre-action considerations to enforcing the judgement
Understand the documentation, processes and timescales
What are the costs involved?
Collecting interest on the debt
What happens with defended actions?
Enforcing a Judgment

The costs involved
Using an order to obtain information from judgment debtors
Sending in the bailiffs
Attachment of earnings
Third Party Debt Order
Charging Orders
Credit Control and the Court System

Your relationship with the customer
Deciding whether to ‘do it yourself’
When to use a solicitor
What information will a solicitor need and when?
How to give yourself the best chance of recovering the debt