Terms & Conditions
An agreement between CCI Legal Services Ltd, hereinafter called CCI, and the Claimant, hereinafter called the client.
The client undertakes to agree to and abide by the following conditions:
1. The client is asked to warrent that all accounts submitted for collection are valid debts.
2. The client is asked to acknowledge that information provided to CCI and its solicitors in pursuit of a claim through the courts must be accurate. It is an offence to issue a false statement. If inaccurate details are provided to CCI, further court costs may be incurred.
3. The client is required to indemnify CCI and its solicitors against any claims arising as a result of inaccurate or erroneous information provided by the client concerning the value of the debt or its validity.
4. It is the client's responsibility to ensure that all details provided to CCI are accurate in every particular:
(a) If the debtor is a limited company this must be drawn to CCI's attention.
(b) If the debtor is not incorporated, CCI requires the debtor's FULL name and trading title.
5. The decision to use the courts is the client's prerogative. It is not CCI's policy to issue recommendations in respect of any aspect of the judicial process. CCI acts soley on the client's instruction. The client must satify himself that a debtor is still at the address provided to CCI and is still trading.
6. CCI only accepts instructions in respect of debt recovery litigation. CCI's solicitors will not issue proceedings in relation to any other matter.
7. If the client instructs CCI to monitor an installment programme a ten per cent fee is charged on the value of each instalment received.
8. The client is required to pay for all disbursements accrued during the recovery of any debt, including agents and solicitors fees, tracing charges, court costs, baliffs fees, sheriffs fees etc.
9. If it becomes necessary to use a process server to serve proceedings, the client acknowledges that his reasonable fees must be paid.
10. CCI will not be held responsible for consequential loss caused by errors, omissions or delays caused by the court or other external agencies.
11. CCI will not be held responsible in the event that the courts determine that the claim is not valid or strike out the case for any other reason.
12. The client agrees to notify CCI immediately in the event that the debtor pays direct.
13. If the client instructs CCI to appoint a tracing agent, the client agrees to pay all fees incurred.
14. Court fees, solicitor fees and disbursements are charged at the rate prevailing at the date of instruction.
15. In the event that a defence is entered, normal solicitor/client rates will be charged.
(a) If a defence is entered, CCI will provide the client with the option of transferring the case to a specialist litigation solicitor who will confirm his own terms and conditions.
(b) The client acknowledges that further court and solicitor fees are payable if a defence is entered or enforcement proceedures are necessary.
16. When instructions are fowarded by the client to issue legal proceedings, copy invoices, statements and other essential details concerning the debt will be supplied by the client.
17. Solicitor and court fees become due on the day that the client's instructions are received and are payable within seven days of the invoice date.
18. CCI accounts must be paid within seven days of the date of invoice.
19. The client agrees not to enter into settlement negotiations after legal proceedings are issued without notifying CCI of its intentions in writing.
20. Fees for CCI training programmes and corporate investigations are subject to negotiation. Such fees are due immediately upon completion of the programme.
21. Status reports are charged at the rate agreed on the date the enquiry is processed.
22. CCI reserves the right to terminate legal proceedings in the event that an account becomes overdue.
23. No employee of CCI is authorised to vary the terms of this agreement.
24. For debt recovery cases commission will be charged at standard CCI rates.
25. In the event that a statutory late payment charge is being recovered the client agrees to pay CCI fifty per cent of that charge.
