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
How to Set Aside a Bankruptcy Notice in Australia 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) […]
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
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 […]
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; […]
Small Business Debt Recovery
Small business debt recovery can be a painful yet necessary part of running your small business or SME. If you have a small business or a medium enterprise then you will know how time consuming and frustrating business to business (“B2B“) debt recovery can be. Getting a small business debt recovery law firm to recover your outstanding […]
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. With its main office on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, 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. […]
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 2024 – 2025 financial year The Cost of Bankruptcy The filing fee for bankruptcy is $4,585.00 (corporate applicant) or $1,910.00 (human applicant) with short form amount of $3,125.00 allowable to be claimed, or if the petition […]
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 […]
Commence Proceedings on a Person or Company
Do you need to commence proceedings in Court or Tribunal? There are three (3) main options to commence proceedings against a defendant: Commence proceedings in the Queensland Civil Administrative Tribunal (“QCAT”); and Commence Proceedings in the Court with jurisdiction for civil litigation or commercial litigation; or Serve a statutory demand. The purpose of commencing proceedings […]
