Process Serving Services.

We serve any legal document requiring personal or substituted service on a commercial tenant, director, guarantor, company, partnership or LLP. That includes statutory demands and insolvency documents (winding-up and bankruptcy petitions, letters before action), Section 146 notices and other lease-related notices (break notices, notices to quit, forfeiture notices, rent and service-charge demands), and court claim forms and possession documents for both county court and High Court proceedings. All within England and Wales.

Yes. Where the recipient has moved, gone to ground or is actively avoiding service, we run skip tracing across public records, Companies House filings, property records and registered service addresses to locate them – or, for companies, we serve at the registered office regardless of trading address, which is valid under the Civil Procedure Rules and the Companies Act 2006. Where they still can’t be reached, we document every attempt and complete service through substituted or alternative methods within the applicable rules.

Refusal doesn’t stop service and neither does a security desk. Where the named recipient refuses documents in person, we complete valid service by leaving them at or near the premises. Where reception blocks access – as they often do – we log every detail of the attempt (time, address, staff involved, exactly what was said) with photographic or timestamped evidence, and complete service through substituted or alternative methods. That record becomes court-ready proof, and a recipient who evades service risks a default judgment.

Yes. Every instruction ends with a Certificate of Service or a sworn Affidavit, whichever the matter requires, evidencing the date, time, address, method and recipient of service. We record every attempt with observations and photographic or timestamped evidence, so the file stands up to scrutiny in county court or High Court proceedings. Undocumented or incorrectly executed service can undermine a possession claim or forfeiture, which is why we serve to the rules from the outset.

Yes – on every instruction. Many commercial leases specify a contractual service clause (a required method, an address for service, or notice periods that differ from statute), and many notices carry a statutory method under Section 196 of the Law of Property Act 1925. We review the lease and confirm the correct method for the document type before a single attempt is made. Getting this wrong is one of the most common ways landlords lose a forfeiture on a technical point.

Fees are fixed and quoted upfront – you know the full cost before you instruct. Standard commercial process serving starts from £75 plus VAT, covering up to three attendance attempts, a Certificate of Service or sworn Affidavit, and photographic evidence. We don’t currently offer an urgent or same-day tier. Additional attempts are charged separately, from £75 plus VAT each, and skip tracing is charged as an extra. If service cannot be completed after all reasonable attempts, the full fee remains payable.

The documents themselves, the lease – so we can check for a contractual service clause or a statutory method required by the document type – and any addresses you have for the recipient, including trading address, registered office and directors’ service addresses. If there’s a court deadline attached, tell us at the point of instruction so we can prioritise. We prefer instructions by email, with a copy of what needs serving and full details of who’s being served.

Yes – we cover the whole of England and Wales, from City boardrooms to remote industrial and rural commercial addresses, and respond nationwide from a single instruction. Instructions in Scotland, Northern Ireland or overseas fall outside our coverage.