There is a particular kind of silence every business owner learns to dread. The invoice went out weeks ago, the due date has been and gone, and the client who used to reply within the hour has stopped answering altogether. Debt recovery starts in exactly that silence, and how a business responds in the days and weeks that follow often decides whether the money comes back or quietly disappears. The instinct is usually to wait a little longer and avoid the awkwardness. That ins

Once a creditor has obtained a Default Judgment or Judgment against a third party (‘ the judgment debtor ’), the creditor may experience...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about various changes to debt recovery law in Australia. Some changes have been temporary and others more permanent, but together they have altered the process for creditors aspiring to recover debts and debtors defending their rights. In March 2020, the Federal Government implemented a range of temporary amendments to ensure struggling businesses would stay afloat throughout the pandemic. These included: The threshold changing from $2,000 to