Late Payments on Invoicing

[F18RSC]

Excellent idea. Like the idea of emailing a photo of the intended court route.

[johnfm]

Burwood said:

johnfm said:

Simpo Two said:

johnfm said:

No, but if the charges are implied by statute he's not making them up...

Does the law say you can add £25 per invoice copy? I don't know. The bumph on the Small Claims website will tell you what you can claim and what you can't.

£40 where the debt is up to £999

£70 for £1000 to £9,999

In addition to the 8.5% penalty interest.

As a one off charge, yes. Per invoice, no.

Each unpaid invoice relating to a piece of work is a separate debt. Agree, you cannot charge an additional £40 every time you send out a reminder for the same debt, but each unpaid invoice will attract the charge as far as i can tell.

[Paddymcc]

Why not just call round to them or pick up the phone?

Many moons ago whilst at Uni i started working for a relatives plant hire business. They were still using handwritten invoices and statements. I computerised everything which enabled us to see exactly who owed what and what age the debt was. A few times a month i would jump in the car and pay a visit to the companies that owed us money.

You would be surprised how many were forthcoming when your standing there armed with a debt that was a year old that they were simply ignoring.

[Burwood]

johnfm said:

Burwood said:

johnfm said:

Simpo Two said:

johnfm said:

No, but if the charges are implied by statute he's not making them up...

Does the law say you can add £25 per invoice copy? I don't know. The bumph on the Small Claims website will tell you what you can claim and what you can't.

£40 where the debt is up to £999

£70 for £1000 to £9,999

In addition to the 8.5% penalty interest.

As a one off charge, yes. Per invoice, no.

Each unpaid invoice relating to a piece of work is a separate debt. Agree, you cannot charge an additional £40 every time you send out a reminder for the same debt, but each unpaid invoice will attract the charge as far as i can tell.

Not at all looking to argue the charge is for the totality within the bands noted above unless it is in T&C and reasonably reflects costs incurred. Just a bit of advice again to the OP. The court will take a dim view if you just use email and start adding costs. Pick up the phone and get a response otherwise the debtor can and probably will get it thrown out. you'll be left having to start the process all over again. The court will also take a dim view if you start ramping the charges up without trying to settle this before wasting their time.

[hunton69]

A large hotel group owed me money that was up to 6 months old I went into the bar one night had a glass of red and then I addressed all in the bar and told them not to pay there bills in the morning as the hotel didn't pay there's. Got paid later that week.

I had already decided that I wasn't doing any more work for them.

[Burwood]

hunton69 said:

A large hotel group owed me money that was up to 6 months old I went into the bar one night had a glass of red and then I addressed all in the bar and told them not to pay there bills in the morning as the hotel didn't pay there's. Got paid later that week.

I had already decided that I wasn't doing any more work for them.

a man after my heart. I've done similar things and with a hotel which involved shaming them infant of their guests.