Stonegate Legal offer a complete range of commercial litigation, debt dispute and insolvency services including: Legal Debt Recovery; Letters of Demand; Enforcing a Judgments; Statutory Demands; Setting-aside Statutory Demand; …
How to Make an Adjudication Application in Queensland
An adjudication application in the building and construction industry is a great way to quickly recover debts without the cost of commencing Court action. From service of the BIFA payment claim, an adjudicator can have a decision to the adjudication …
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Building and Construction Debt Recovery
Building and construction debt recovery solicitors are lawyers who recover debts in the building and construction industry. There are a number of ways building and construction debt recovery solicitors can recover building and construction debts …
When is a Company Insolvent?
A company is insolvent if it is unable to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable. A company’s insolvency is calculated upon: The cash flow test; and then The balance sheet test. There is a difference between company …
Free Case Evaluation
Add your details in the form and one of our commercial litigation, debt dispute, or insolvency lawyers will contact you and give you a free case evaluation and an estimate of the potential costs. Free Case Evaluation If you need to commence …
Unpaid Rent Arrears in Queensland
Unpaid rent arrears in residential property can have a serious impact on landlords’ cash flow. The popular misconception is that landlords are all wealthy property tycoons – but this is simply not true. A vast majority of investors are small …
Recovering Outstanding Body Corporate Levies
Are you a body corporate with outstanding body corporate levies from a lot owner? A lot owner in a body corporate scheme is required to pay an agreed amount annually in owners’ contributions and levies. If lot owners do not pay these …
Recovering Debts or Money Owed
Do you need to collect debts or money owed to you? You can recover debts or money owed in the following ways: Negotiating with the debtor; Mediation or alternative dispute resolution; Filing a claim in the Court with jurisdiction; …
Winding Up Order – How to Wind up a Company
A winding up order is an order from the Court ordering that a company be wound up in insolvency. Section 459P of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ("Corporations Act") says that a creditor can apply to the Court for a company to be wound up in …
Stonegate Legal FAQ
The Stonegate Legal FAQ page will attempt to answer all of your commercial litigation, debt dispute, and insolvency frequently asked questions ("FAQ"). Statutory demand FAQ, bankruptcy FAQ, debt dispute FAQ. Let us answer your frequently asked …
How to Set Aside a Bankruptcy Notice
Do you need to set aside a bankruptcy notice? Non-compliance with a bankruptcy notice results in the debtor committing an “act of bankruptcy”. An act of bankruptcy is one of the prerequisites to presenting a creditor’s petition in the Federal …
Enforce a QCAT Decision
How do you enforce a QCAT decision? First, you must register the QCAT decision in the Magistrates Court; then You can enforce it as though it were an order of that Court; You can apply for an enforcement warrant, a bankruptcy notice, or …
How to Sue a Company in Queensland
Are you looking for information on how to sue a company? Do you want to know how to sue a company in Court or serve the debtor company with a statutory demand? One of the most common reasons to sue a company is because the company has not paid …
Commercial Debt Recovery
Commercial debt recovery is the recovery of debt between businesses, usually performed by commercial debt recovery solicitors. If you have ever run a business or company, you will understand the impact that non-paying clients have on your cash …
Client not Paying Invoice? How to Recover the Debt
Do you have a client not paying invoice or invoices? If a customer refuses to pay an invoice or invoices, this could be a sign that they are not solvent. If this is the case then it is important that you act quickly to recover the debt from …