Collect call Leslie Wise on what to do when payments are overdue

摘要

The law on collection of money from clients is how much more user-friendly. If you have tried everything else it is now much easier to get on and sue as a result of Lord Justice Woolf's Civil Procedure Reforms. The courts have responded by improving the follow-up measures. But before this stage is reached, you need to explore all basic means of solving the problem of outstanding debt. A few bold architects have already helped reduce the problem by stipulating that they must be paid half their fees (half of each work stage) in advance. Submitting invoices promptly helps cash flow and it is not unusual to expect payment within 14 days (I sometimes get seven days if subject to some sort of discount). As one architect I spoke to recently put it, either the clients have the money or they haven't.