2003
Leicester, LE8
Service: Bad Debt Recovery Services in the UK
A publican had failed to make the repayments on a photocopying machine and the pub had shut. We went to the homes of his estranged wife and business partner and eventually the publican re-surfaced. After discussions the outstanding debt was discharged and the publican allowed to keep the photocopier.
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Derby
Service: Process Serving in the UK
An ex-partner had failed to return his daughter to her mother after a contact weekend. Armed with an order from the court we negotiated with the distressed husband and persuaded him to hand the child back to his mother (who was waiting in our car).
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Rutland
Service: Debt Tracing Services
A mother had failed to pay her daughter’s school fees and we were asked to trace her (which we did) and then find out where she was working. Although her school run driving had to be seen to be believed, we managed to keep up with her and found out she worked for an estate agents in LE16 |
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| 2004
USA
Service: Tracing Missing Family Members
An Asian immigrant on a temporary visa asked us to trace his Irish wife who had run away. Enquiries were made in her home village in the Old Country which led to the New York, USA. We made contact with her there but it became clear that the marriage had been one of convenience and our client was advised accordingly.
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Northampton
Service: Tracing Missing Family Members
An Asian wife who said she was going on a girls' weekend was secretly filmed with her lover spending the weekend at a hotel. Loughborough A husband asked us to find out where his ex-wife was going to after she dropped off their child. We followed her to the train station and it turned out that she had got a new job in London and was planning to move there without telling him.
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| 2005
Bath to Liverpool
Service: UK Business Debt Recovery
A photograph developer had gone missing leaving debts. Enquiries were made locally and we learnt that his wife was from Liverpool. We focused there and got the registration number of her car. After a search of the area around her parents’ home, her car was spotted outside an address in Seaforth. We later served a Bankruptcy petition on the developer in Liverpool
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Derby
Service: Current Status Enquiry
A car mechanic with a back injury caused when he fell from a ladder, turned up at his insurer’s office with greasy hands. We recoreded a conversation with him at the same time covertly videoing him as he repaired his bike outside his home and his injury payments were stopped.
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| 2006
Leicester, LE11
Service: Process Serving in the UK
We were asked to serve a Statutory Demand on a debtor. The debtor turned out to be a 6’3” male in his late 40s who offered to give our employee a “Glasgow kiss” and refused to accept service. Nevertheless our employee gave him the papers and drove off before the debtor could stop him.
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| Leicester, LE19
Service: Bailiff Services
The Meridian business park was experiencing problems with travellers. Acting as agents for bailiffs we ensured that the travellers were removed promptly from the land once our tow trucks were on site without the use of a court order
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Luton
Service: Background checks and investigations
A bank customer had defrauded the bank of a 5 figure sum using a false identity and passport. His tenanted flat was a “giro-drop” address. Following every lead we found his previous place of employment. He had been sacked six months earlier for theft of stock and clients’ money and, fortunately, his photograph matched the one on the passport. The police in Leicester were invited to speak to their counterparts in Luton and swap stories. |
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| 2007
London, SW14
Service: UK business debt recovery
The guarantor of a loan had sold his house in SW14 before the lenders could obtain a charge on it. Enquiries were made with the new owners who said that he moved not far but could not be precise. Our employee concentrated on a road two streets away and, following door to door enquiries, it emerged that the person was living with his girlfriend. Upset at our visit he eventually agreed terms with the lenders to save him further embarrassment with his girlfriend and his neighbours.
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Bolton
Service: Process serving in the UK
Our director had less than a week to serve an Order to Attend Court on an officer of a debtor company in Bolton. The only problem was that she had since moved home. The new occupants initially said that they had no contact with her family but he went back and spoke to the next door neighbour who persuaded the new occupants to give him her telephone number. From there he got the address but found out that she had gone out and would not be back until 10pm. The deadline to serve her was that evening so she was therefore served at 10.05pm thus avoiding further delay in the court process.
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| Leicester, LE10
Service: Background checks and investigations
The debtor had not revealed his employment details to solicitors and we were asked to obtain this so they could initiate an Attachment of Earnings order. We followed the debtor to his work when he left shortly after 6.00am and supplied the necessary information to the solicitors.
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Leicester, LE2
Service: Process serving in the UK
A father with a history of violence refused to return his son after a contact week. When we tried to serve him he refused to accept the papers and threatened our representative. We revisited accompanied by the police and the papers were served. |
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