On 24 November 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Re: A Company [2024] EWCA Civ 1436, which clarified when a winding-up petition is to be...Read More →
Finance Recoveries
A clear path towards swift recoveries
Let’s get you paid.
Pilot Project
Why not get started with
a 3-month trial pilot project.
Greenhalgh Kerr has been a prominent player in the specialist field of finance recoveries since our business was started in 2000. Our clients range from small and medium-sized lenders, through to some of the country’s leading credit providers.
Our team has a tried and tested approach that helps protect your business and customer relationships. We help you recognise and resolve issues before they become a barrier to payment. When action is necessary we make it efficient and effective.
New Clients Onboarding
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Get the full benefits of our expertise
Our onboarding protocols ensure that our clients get the full benefits of our expertise and service from the moment we engage. Doing things the GK way means more than just a sustained, effective job well done. It’s about delivering the partnership, trust, and results our clients deserve.
Before any cases arrive
Our people will meet yours. It’s personal. Relationships have not gone out of style. Your team will get to know our team. We can learn about your operation and its needs, and we can fit in with your timings, systems, and requirements. We can agree and set up all communications channels and arrangements.
After cases arrive
We assess each case in our usual way, setting a strategy, grading and reporting on the case in terms of prospects and timescales and cost. We make immediate contact with debtors, and pursue a recovery in our normal tried and tested ways
Reporting to you
We deliver to you ongoing, structured, tailored reports as per your needs and preferences. We carry out a full review each quarter with you, where we look at cases and patterns and at any opportunities to improve.
Joanna Buckley looks at the legal and practical importance of getting a factoring assignment notice correct.
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A detailed look at what to do if your vote in an IVA has been overlooked or ignored.
We review the recent ‘super-complaint’ to the FCA from the Federation of Small Business regarding lenders requiring personal guarantees.
Is there a compelling argument for commercial lenders to mandate that borrowers seek independent legal advice (‘ILA’) before entering into agreements?
In-depth knowledge of the Insolvency Act resulted in a fantastic result for a client, which saw security granted outside of an IVA.
Key Contacts

Dan Tate
Daniel qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and immediately joined Greenhalgh Kerr where he has amassed a wealth of litigation and dispute resolution experience acting for commercial clients, particularly those involved in commercial and asset finance. He became a Director of the firm in 2018.

Steven Owens
Steven qualified as a solicitor in 2008, and, having spent well over twenty years in the profession, over half of it as a qualified Solicitor, he was made a Director here in 2019. He has an astute ability to determine the commerciality of dealing with contentious matters, both from a viability and recoverability perspective.
Gemma Hackett
Gemma has specialised in Civil Litigation for over 10 years and qualified as a Solicitor in 2015. She manages a team in the Asset Finance and Leasing Department, dealing with a variety of issues including debt recovery, front end security, insolvency, return of goods, landlord and tenant, and commercial disputes.

Joanna Buckley
Joanna qualified as a Solicitor in 2013 and has over 15 years’ experience of civil litigation.
Leading a team in the asset finance and leasing department, Joanna handles debt recovery, return of goods, insolvency and commercial disputes.

Alex Worthington
Alex completed his law degree at Queens’ College, Cambridge and joined Greenhalgh Kerr in 2017. He is now employed as Counsel and practices in each of the firm’s core business areas; Local Government Finance, Asset Finance, Insolvency and Landlord & Tenant.
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