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Services
Our Partnership provides a comprehensive range of services to clients in the following areas:-
Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers
Revenue Management
Credit Management
Professional Investigation
Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers
- Service of citation and execution of Scottish civil court orders
- Service of Scottish actions in other parts of the UK
- Service of English and foreign actions within Scotland
Service Definition
In Scotland Messenger-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers are responsible for the enforcement of the civil law. Both titles are known generally as Officers of the Court.
A Messenger-at-Arms is an Officer of the Court of Session which is the supreme civil court in Scotland. A Sheriff Officer is an Officer of the local Sheriff Court. Scotland is sub-divided in to six Sheriffdoms which are divided further, into numerous Sheriff Court Districts. When instructing a Sheriff Officer it is important to establish that is authorised by the local Sheriff (commissioned) to operate in the area where you wish to have your legal papers served.
Citation (Scottish equivalent of process serving)
One of the primary functions of a Messenger-at-Arms or Sheriff Officer is to
effect the service of Writs, Summonses, Citation, Claim Forms, Subpoena and
all other process. It is important to note that Process Servers are not recognised
by the Scottish Judiciary when it comes to the service of legal documents within
Scotland. All hand service must be effected by a qualified Officer of the Court.
Diligence (Judgement enforcement)
When a Sheriff or Judge issues his/her judgment (Decree) then the Sheriff Officer or Messenger-at-Arms may be instructed to enforce the Court's decision by way of diligence.
Generally, a Charge for payment would be issued allowing the defender/debtor fourteen days to resolve the matter. If they fail to repay the debt or does not come to a suitable arrangement, then a Sheriff Officer or Messenger-at-Arms may be instructed to serve -
- An earnings arrestment
- A third party arrestment
- A bank arrestment
In addition to these modes of diligence, the Sheriff Officer or Messenger-at-Arms may, where instructed, employ recovery methods including Attachment, Exceptional Attachment and Inhibition.
Officers of the Court perform other functions including the repossession of goods / property / equipment and heritable property. They may also be asked to intervene in acrimonious disputes and in some cases called upon to locate and return children where a custody order has been breached.
Professional Fees / Charges - Note that the fees charged by Sheriff Officers or Messenger-at-Arms are regulated by procedural rules from the Scottish Parliament. It is forbidden for Officers of the Court to discount their fees to attract business.
Revenue Management
- Servicing of collection and enforcement contracts for Unitary Authorities
- Client secure file transmissions (SFTP)
- Debtor profiling
- Lettering & telephony debt collection
- Summary Warrant case management and enforcement
- Door-to-Door collection
- Fines collection
- Tax collection & enforcement
Service Definition
As market leaders in the Scottish civil & enforcement arena, Walker Love has extensive experience in providing robust Revenue Collection Services to our growing Local Authority client base.
In today's high-tech and ever changing society, the use of information technology within the business world is of paramount importance. Walker Love are committed in utilising I.T. to its full potential and have developed sophisticated "in house" debt collection facilities to enable our services to be customised to the our client's individual requirements.
For further information on the wide range of collections and enforcement services available, contact resident Partners Chris Bell or James Walker on 0141 248 8224.
Credit Management
Credit Management
Sales Ledger Management
Credit Referencing
Debt Collection
Notices of Court Action
For further information on the wide range of services available, visit our website George Walker Recoveries (www.gwrecoveries.com)
Professional Investigation
For many years our Partnership has provided the services of professional investigators. Using tried and tested methods and the latest technology, we are able to offer a fast and efficient service. Typical types of enquiries undertaken include the following:-
- Precognitions and statements
- Tracing debtors and missing persons
- Pre-sue reports
- Mortgage counselling
- Housing Benefit fraud investigations
- Pre-contract business enquiries
- Accident & insurance investigations
- Fraud investigations including the recovery of property
- Employee screening and vetting (inc. criminal record checks)
- Intellectual property and trademark enquiries
- Covert surveillance
For further information on the wide range of services available, contact Brian Walker on 01698 207374