Commercial Debt Recovery

Recovering unpaid debts quickly is essential to protecting cash flow, safeguarding operational stability, and maintaining your market position. Whether you are pursuing a long-standing overdue account or a high value contested debt, we provide strategic, decisive action designed to secure recovery while managing costs and minimising disruption.

We act for businesses of every size, from small and medium-sized enterprises to multinational corporations, using a full range of recovery tools, including negotiation, statutory demands, court proceedings, and insolvency processes. By tailoring our approach to your objectives, we work to collect debts efficiently while preserving valuable relationships wherever possible.

From the first demand letter to the final enforcement step, you will work with long-term legal partners who combine debt recovery expertise with commercial awareness, ensuring every move is legally compliant and positions your organisation for long-term stability.

We can support with:

• Pre-action letters and strategic negotiation
• Statutory demands and winding-up petitions
• County Court and High Court claims
• Enforcement of judgments across jurisdictions
• Guidance on claiming interest, late payment charges, and costs.

You will also benefit from multi-sector-focused guidance that helps you choose the most effective route to recovery while maintaining your wider company interests.

Our fees are calculated by reference to our hourly rates which vary depending on the experience of the lawyer carrying out the work. Rates are subject to an annual review which may result in increased rates. The seniority of the members of the team dealing with your case will depend on its complexity. We will discuss this with you when you instruct us. For a list of our up to date prices for commercial debt recovery please see our pricing page.

Our prices are intended to give you an indication of the costs of your claim. However, every case is different, and your actual costs will depend on the facts of your case and the debtor’s actions. You should bear in mind that the costs of recovering a disputed debt of up to £100,000 to trial may be disproportionate and may exceed the value of the debt. If you instruct us on an hourly rate basis, we will provide you with a cost estimate at the outset of your case and will keep you updated on your costs over the course of your case.

You should be aware that you will never recover all of your legal costs from the other side even if you are successful in your case. The court will likely order that the paying party pay some of your costs (for debts with a value of less than £100k, Fixed Recoverable Costs set by the court will apply). We will advise you of the likely sum of recoverable costs (for debts less than £10,000, you will unlikely recover any costs). We will discuss the proportionality of bringing a claim taking into consideration the debt in dispute and the likely costs incurred. Please note that the limited recovery of costs for debts of this value means that you will spend more on our costs than you will recover from the other side.