Process Serving
Professional service of legal documents
Process serving is the formal delivery of legal documents to individuals or organisations involved in court proceedings. This ensures that the recipient is properly notified and has the opportunity to respond, as required by law.
Clients typically instruct us when legal documents need to be served in a timely and compliant manner. We act swiftly and professionally, providing clear evidence of service through a certificate, statement, or sworn affidavit.
We undertake both straightforward serves of standard documents and more complex instructions, including urgent, time-synchronised, and multi-location service of documents across the UK and overseas. Our network of experienced agents enables us to coordinate sensitive or time-critical serves efficiently, regardless of jurisdiction.
If required, we can confirm a subject’s current address prior to service by conducting tracing enquiries. This ensures that documents are served at the correct location and reduces the risk of failed service attempts (view our tracing services).
Types of documents we serve
We regularly serve a wide range of legal documents, including but not limited to:
Statutory demands
Bankruptcy petitions
Winding up petitions
Divorce petitions
Order to attend (N39 form)
Letter before action
Claim forms (N1 form)
Eviction notices (Section 21 or Section 8)
How we support process serving instructions across various sectors
The nature of the documents to be served, and the urgency with which service must be effected, varies according to the sector in which the instruction arises, and our approach is adapted accordingly. Across every sector, we offer both standard and urgent, time-synchronised, multi-address service, and provide clear evidence of service by way of certificate, statement, or sworn affidavit, ensuring that our clients can proceed with confidence that formal notification requirements have been properly discharged.
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Our work frequently involves serving statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, and winding-up petitions in the UK and overseas, ensuring that formal insolvency proceedings are correctly initiated and that the recipient has been properly notified in accordance with court rules.
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Our instructions extend to the service of statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, winding-up petitions, judgments, and court orders, providing creditors and their legal representatives with clear evidence of service to support the progression of enforcement action.
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We serve claim forms, injunctions, freezing orders, court orders, and witness summonses in the UK and overseas, ensuring that proceedings are not delayed or open to challenge on grounds of improper service.
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We serve claim forms, contractual notices, and shareholder or partnership dispute documents on companies and individuals in the UK and overseas, ensuring service is correctly effected on the appropriate registered office, director, or authorised representative.
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Given the sensitivity of matters in this sector, we serve divorce petitions, non-molestation orders, occupation orders, and child arrangement applications with appropriate discretion, ensuring that the recipient is properly notified while minimising unnecessary distress or confrontation.
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We serve documents in connection with probate and estate proceedings in the UK and overseas, supporting executors, administrators, and their legal representatives in the correct administration of contentious and non-contentious matters alike.
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We serve documents relating to private wealth, trust, or family office matters with discretion, recognising the sensitivity and privacy such instructions typically require.
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We support local authorities in serving enforcement notices and related legal documents, ensuring that statutory notification requirements are met in connection with recovery and enforcement action.