Practice
Payment and redemption defaults
This practice covers non-payment, refusal to redeem, and frozen withdrawals after a counterparty has agreed to release funds. For a plain description of what counts as non-payment, see how non-payment is defined. The paid first assessment establishes what was promised, what evidence exists, and whether a claim has a documented basis.
When this practice applies
Clients come to this practice after a payment due date has passed without explanation, a redemption request has sat unanswered for weeks, or a withdrawal that was already approved is now blocked without a stated reason. In some cases the counterparty has stopped responding entirely. In others there is a long correspondence full of excuses that never resolves into payment.
This differs from a dispute over the terms themselves. If the disagreement is about what was owed rather than whether it will be paid, the relevant starting point is different. See how non-payment differs from adjacent refusal types, and review the wider set of refusal categories before assuming this is the right practice for the situation.
What the paid first assessment produces
The fee covers a written assessment. It sets out what the underlying agreement actually required, what has and has not been performed, which documents are missing, and what a formal demand or claim would need to establish. It also flags where the applicable procedure is unclear and needs further verification before any filing decision is made.
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How the work is scoped
Scope depends on where the counterparty and the assets sit, what form the original agreement took, and whether a company or vehicle still holds the funds or shares in question. A default with no traceable assets behind it is scoped differently from one where the vehicle exists but disputes the amount owed. One illustration of how scope shifts once a holding vehicle turns out to be empty is set out in this composite scenario.
The number of parties, the jurisdictions involved, and the state of the documentary record all change the amount of work needed before a claim can be filed anywhere.
Where this practice hands over
Once a claim is filed and a decision is obtained, the matter moves into enforcement, which is a distinct body of work with its own requirements. See enforcement for what that stage involves. Where the underlying dispute concerns goods or assets that were never delivered rather than funds that were never paid, the relevant practice is refund and delivery claims instead.
What we do not take on
This practice does not pursue informal recovery, contact counterparties outside formal proceedings, or accept instructions on a contingency-only basis. It does not extend to matters where no payment obligation was ever documented, and the availability of an interim measure in a given case depends on the facts and the applicable procedure. The full range of services is listed on the services page.
Fees for this practice are not paid solely on result, and the firm's registration can be verified in the public register referenced below.