Rent Arrears Recovery for Residential Properties

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If you’re a residential landlord seeking expert legal advice regarding:

  • Rent arrears
  • Tenant tracing and asset searches
  • Solicitor’s letter of demand
  • County court proceedings
  • County court judgements (CCJs)

Helix Law’s property litigation team can help.

No Win No Fee Eligibility Calculator

This process takes no longer than 2 minutes and is step one in assessing whether or not we would be prepared to offer you a CFA.

This is a non binding indication whether Helix Law Ltd might be able to offer you a "No Win, No Fee" agreement (also known as a Conditional Fee Agreement, or CFA). There is no cost of obligation for using this service and each case is assessed on its merits.

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Area of work

We only enter into CFA funding agreements in relation to some commercial, property and construction disputes. We therefore need to understand what type of dispute you have so that we can assess whether a CFA might be appropriate.

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We only offer No win, No Fee (CFA) funding in some commercial, property and construction disputes. We do not offer CFA funding in harassment, personal injury or housing disputes. If you are seeking CFA funding in another area other than those listed please use our Contact Us form at the bottom of this page
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Is the value in dispute more than £10,000?

This is important because typically it is only possible to recover legal costs, including costs funded on a ‘No Win, No Fee’ (or ‘Conditional Fee Agreement’), where the amount in dispute is over £10,000. If you have a dispute where your losses and damages are less than £10,000 it is unlikely we can offer you a CFA.

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If your dispute is worth less than £10,000, it will typically be allocated by the Court to the Small Claims Track. In small claims usually costs are not recoverable and therefore we cannot offer you a CFA in these circumstances. There is always risk you have not fully identified the amount in dispute or you may want to consider paying us a fixed fee for fixed advice on your prospects of success and/or the process moving forwards, in which case please do contact us.
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Is the value in dispute more than £10,000?

This is important because typically it is only possible to recover legal costs, including costs funded on a ‘No Win, No Fee’ (or ‘Conditional Fee Agreement’), where the amount in dispute is over £10,000. If you have a dispute where your losses and damages are less than £10,000 it is unlikely we can offer you a CFA.

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If your dispute is worth less than £10,000, it will typically be allocated by the Court to the Small Claims Track. In small claims usually costs are not recoverable and therefore we cannot offer you a CFA in these circumstances. There is always risk you have not fully identified the amount in dispute or you may want to consider paying us a fixed fee for fixed advice on your prospects of success and/or the process moving forwards, in which case please do contact us.
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Is the value in dispute more than £10,000?

This is important because typically it is only possible to recover legal costs, including costs funded on a ‘No Win, No Fee’ (or ‘Conditional Fee Agreement’), where the amount in dispute is over £10,000. If you have a dispute where your losses and damages are less than £10,000 it is unlikely we can offer you a CFA.

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If your dispute is worth less than £10,000, it will typically be allocated by the Court to the Small Claims Track. In small claims usually costs are not recoverable and therefore we cannot offer you a CFA in these circumstances. There is always risk you have not fully identified the amount in dispute or you may want to consider paying us a fixed fee for fixed advice on your prospects of success and/or the process moving forwards, in which case please do contact us.
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The dispute is:

Generally speaking tenants will not own assets. That means you might ‘win’ but not recover damages and costs- even if the court orders the tenant to pay. Whereas if your dispute is with a property owner we can usually recover your costs and damages from their share of the property.

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A CFA is unlikely to be workable in this scenario, but we may still be able to assist you with our services; please contact us via this page.
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Is your claim about an unpaid application for payment and/​or retention greater than £20,000?

This is important as it helps us assess the likely cost; benefit for you, and our ability to offer you CFA funding.

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A CFA is unlikely to be workable in this scenario, but we may still be able to assist you with our services; please contact us via this page.
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Do you have a contract in writing or registered shares in your name?

The more evidence you have in support of your allegations, the better your prospects of success. The higher your prospects of success, the more likely we can offer you a CFA funding arrangement.

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Where you lack documents in writing, there can be greater complexity. We need to review your circumstances and background in more detail before being able to consider alternative funding with you. Please provide details of your circumstances here and we will contact you - anchor to commercial sherholder form.

Is the issue arising recently or within the last 6 years at most?

All disputes are subject to limitation periods- this is the period of time in which a claim must be issued. Most limitation periods in our work are 6 years. There can be exceptions and upto 12 years is possible, but this is a factor that can increase risk to you and to us and might lead to us declining to offer a CFA. With the passage of time memories can/will also fade, and evidence can be lost or destroyed. Acting promptly can therefore be important.

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Does the opponent own property in England and Wales?

We want to ensure we can force your opponent to pay if they refuse to pay. If your opponent has assets, usually property, we can have greater confidence of recovering money, property, or assets (or all the above), for you. Otherwise there can be risk that you have a good claim with good prospects of success, but if your oppoennt doesn’t own anything, you might not recover damages or losses.

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Based on the form, we think there is a good prospect we will be prepared to offer you a No Win No Fee agreement (CFA). Please confirm your contact details and a member of our team will contact you usually within 1 hour during usual business hours.

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As experienced property dispute solicitors, we’re instructed by landlords nationwide in rent arrears recovery, more complex matters such as regaining possession and commencing eviction proceedings, and other complicated disputes against tenants.

We are routinely instructed to assess and advise on the most favourable course of action in disputes involving:

  • The type of tenancy (most residential property rentals in England and Wales are Assured Shorthold Tenancies or ‘ASTs, but not all’);
  • Clauses in leases, tenancy agreements and licenses;
  • Pursuit of rent arrears outstanding;
  • Advice on more unusual situations, for example, where the tenant has disappeared or has died.

We are also often instructed to pursue guarantors. This can be an extremely effective way of securing recovery.

Where we’re instructed, we take the next steps to recover your money.

We typically charge a fixed initial fee to review and advise on your current position and the best next steps.

Where it stacks up for you and for us, we’re also happy to consider working on a ‘no-win, no-fee’ basis.

Conditional fee agreements are challenging to negotiate when a residential tenant owes rent arrears unless there is a guarantor.

Alternative funding, such as no-win, no-fee, is more prevalent in commercial property disputes, and we often work in that way.

Often, the threat of legal action alone is enough to persuade tenants to pay what they owe rather than face the consequences—particularly if they have already vacated the property.

Helix also offers a fixed fee service for residential possession.

If we must proceed with obtaining a CCJ, the consequences for the tenant can be devastating, impacting their credit rating and ability to borrow.

We often find the impact of a CCJ against a residential tenant is most keenly felt over the longer term.

In the short term, a tenant might ignore the impact of a CCJ, but circumstances and lives change.

It isn’t unusual for a former tenant against whom we obtained a CCJ years ago to contact us because they now want a mortgage and need to clear the CCJ to enable them to do so.

As a residential landlord, you typically have six years to issue a claim to recover rent arrears. We can assist with tenant tracing and asset searches to assess whether a tenant’s financial circumstances have improved.

Contact Helix Law today to discuss your options for rent arrears recovery.

We aim to respond to queries within an hour.

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I have dealt with many legal firms in my profession and Alex and his team are by far the best. Extremely helpful, professional, concise, articulate and knowledgeable. Helix Law are happy to go the extra mile, provide accurate advice and layout all options clearly for a layman to understand. I couldn't recommend more highly.
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We would highly recommend Helix Law. We are so very grateful for the extra effort and time that has been made on our behalf. In particular, Brendan went over and beyond in order to assist us and still continues to do so. From the start we found your listening and understanding ear very easy to deal with and we thank you. Our only regret is that we didn't use Helix Law sooner!
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I have dealt with many legal firms in my profession and Alex and his team are by far the best. Extremely helpful, professional, concise, articulate and knowledgeable. Helix Law are happy to go the extra mile, provide accurate advice and layout all options clearly for a layman to understand. I couldn't recommend more highly.
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We would highly recommend Helix Law. We are so very grateful for the extra effort and time that has been made on our behalf. In particular, Brendan went over and beyond in order to assist us and still continues to do so. From the start we found your listening and understanding ear very easy to deal with and we thank you. Our only regret is that we didn't use Helix Law sooner!
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