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; Filing a claim in QCAT or another tribunal; Issuing a statutory demand on an insolvent company; […]
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 insolvency. The most common was that a creditor applies to […]
Stonegate Legal FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions The Stonegate Legal FAQ page will attempt to answer all of your commercial litigation, debt dispute, and insolvency frequently asked questions Book A Consultation Speak To Our Trusted Lawyers Today Common Questions QUEENSLAND LITIGATION & DISPUTE LAWYERS Helping You Make Informed Decisions Commercial litigation is a type of dispute resolution process in […]
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 Circuit Court. You have three (3) options if you are served with a bankruptcy notice, […]
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 serve a statutory demand – to enforce the registered QCAT decision over […]
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 its invoices for good and services […]
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 flow. Have you provided your client / customer with goods or services and they are refusing to […]
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 this client. If the debtor becomes bankrupt […]
Setting Aside a Default Decision in QCAT
Setting aside a default decision in QCAT is not as easy as you might think! The Court will need to be persuaded of some or all of the following: Whether the respondent has raised a defence on the merits; Whether or not there is a good reason for the respondent’s failure to file a response; […]
Debt Recovery Solicitors
Debt recovery solicitors are legal practitioners, admitted to practise law in their State, Territory, or jurisdiction, who focus on the recovery of debts and the enforcement of money orders. Stonegate Legal focus on commercial litigation, debt recovery and insolvency law. Debt recovery solicitors are different to debt collectors because they are actually admitted solicitors, who […]
Winding up a Company that owes you Money
Are you thinking about winding up a company that owes you money? If the debtor company is unable to pay its debts when they are due it is likely insolvent. Are you enforcing a judgment debt against a company? Do you have an unsatisfied creditor’s statutory demand for payment of debt? If so, then this […]
Debt Recovery Lawyer
A debt recovery lawyer is a legal practitioner who specialises in the recovery of debts and debt recovery law. Stonegate Legal can recover business debt, personal debt, corporate debt, or any debt. Debt recovery solicitors are very different to debt collectors and work very differently. Debt recovery lawyers use the Court to legally recover debts […]
Winding Up Applications
Winding up company in insolvency may be the only option available to you, either as: an enforcing creditor; or a defaulting debtor. When you wind up a company’s financial matters to facilitate an orderly dismantling of the company’s structure, this is called liquidation. During this Australian debt recovery process the assets of the company are distributed […]
What is the Cost of Insolvency
Cost of insolvency can be a deciding factor when thinking about enforcing a judgment or court order. Updated for 2023 – 2024 financial year The filing fee for bankruptcy is $4,425.00 (corporate applicant) or $1,845.00 (human applicant) with short form amount of $2,990.00 allowable to be claimed. The filing fee for winding up in the […]
Enforcing A Judgment
Enforcing a judgment, money order, or a registered adjudication or QCAT decision is complicated and expensive if not done correctly. Stonegate Legal’s debt enforcement lawyers can help you through the complicated process of enforcing a judgment, money order, or an adjudication or QCAT decision over the property of the judgment debtor. Your options for enforcing […]