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Shergroup launches new debt recovery service for landlords
The UK's largest team of 'super bailiffs', Shergroup, has pioneered a new ground-breaking service to help unlucky landlords deal with troublesome tenants.
Shergroup, a High Court enforcement agency, has developed a new system
to help landlords evict their tenants more quickly, by enabling a County
Court writ of possession to be transferred up to the High Court.
Shergroup Chief Executive Claire Sandbrook explained: "Landlords who
want to evict tenants usually go to the County Court for a possession
order, but it can take several weeks for the bailiffs to act.
"Under our new system, we can ask the County Court to transfer the
possession order automatically to the High Court, enabling our team of
enforcement officers - who have more powers than bailiffs, hence being
referred to as super bailiffs - to respond almost immediately."
As well as carrying out evictions through their Sherbond division,
Shergroup also handles debt recovery of unpaid rent and other debt
through its Sherforce division. This may include removing the tenant's
goods and selling them at auction to repay debts. And if the tenant has
disappeared, then the aptly named Sherlock team is on hand to trace the
tenant to a new address - and carry on enforcement action.
To highlight the range of services on offer to both tenants and
landlords, including local authorities and housing associations,
Shergroup has teamed up with leading property lawyer Tessa Shepperson.
Ms Shepperson's Landlord-Law website (www.landlordlaw.co.uk)
is one of the most popular legal websites
on property letting in the UK. The Landlord-Law
service provides information and fixed fee
legal services to residential landlords and
tenants, including free tenancy agreements
for members, plus the Landlord-Law repossession
service provides for enforcement via Sherforce
as standard. Landlord-Law also offers advice
on other ways to recoup money, such as through
an Attachment of Earnings Order, a Third Party
Debt Order or a Charging Order.
Ms Shepperson explained: "We are delighted to be able to offer our
members direct access to Sherforce's expert enforcement service,
enabling landlords to recover judgments for rent arrears which they have
obtained via our services. Many landlords are owed substantial sums of
money which are never paid due to difficulties with enforcement. The
integrated enforcement and tracing services provided by Sherforce will
give them their best chance of recovery."
Shergroup is based in Colchester, London, Leeds, and Delhi, and is the
largest High Court enforcement agency in the UK. It is the only
enforcement firm in the top 200 law firms, and is the sixth oldest law
firm in the UK, dating back to 1780.
For further information, please call Shergroup on
0845 890 9200; or email
enquiries@sheriffslodgmentcentre.net
