THE BAILIFF A SECURITY ASSET FOR COMPANIES
Bailiffs, public and ministerial officers, have a wide experience both in the field and in dealing with cases. They can accompany and protect businesses at any stage in the company’s life. They are located throughout France (including rural areas), and have a deep understanding of local economic issues. The bailiff can, at the request of the directors of SMEs and the self employed, intervene in a multitude of circumstances to ensure the security of corporate life.
An outsourced legal service for small businesses
In his or her relations with the business world the bailiff knows how to ensure that the negotiations prevail. The bailiff’s role as a facilitator, recognised in matters of prevention, serves to exempt businesses from engaging in unnecessary and wasteful costs. Furthermore, conciliation and mediation procedures undertaken by the bailiff most often gives rise to the resolution of deadlock situations by reestablishing dialogue between the parties. With a multi-faceted experience, the bailiff therefore remains at all levels of the company’s activities, the infallible guarantor of the legal security of the company’s actions.
A specialist of commercial and professional leases and their depreciation value at specific times in the life of a company, the bailiff is authorized to intervene in order to establish the state of the premises when – entering into and leaving – the site, which was made compulsory by the Pinel Law, drafting the lease agreement and the notice periods. In order to avoid litigation, the two parties are always able contact a bailiff, a competent lawyer on the law of evidence, in order to avoid possible future litigation. The bailiff’s impartial statement of facts permits therefore the ‘freezing in time’ of a particular situation or state, which helps to secure the legal relations between the parties. This statement of facts which has conclusive legal force, presents an exhaustive panoramic view of the premises and confirms the absence of any hidden defects
Mediator of unpaid bills and the only qualified debt recovery professional
To protect their cash flow business leaders can have recourse to bailiffs in order to be informed of and avoid long and costly litigation. The bailiff may also act as a mediator in order to attempt to bring together the company and its counterparts in case of litigation. Should the mediation fail, the bailiff is the only professional qualified in amicable and judicial debt recovery and therefore able to recover money due to the company within the rules of the law of enforcement actions.
Conclusive legal force of the public and ministerial officer’s statement of facts
The conclusive legal force of the bailiff’s statement of facts has a ‘reinforced’ legal value in court. This type of evidence may be used in any situation relating to a company (strike, at the beginning or on completion of work, statement of facts concerning the internet etc.). In the case of litigation with a partner, a supplier or a client, the bailiff intervenes at the request of the company in order to prepare a statement of facts.
The report of the drafted statement of facts allows the company to prove the facts claimed by them on a given date. Within the context of commercial activities, the company may use a bailiff at any time (www.huissier-justice.fr) to stave off the risks of : :
- counterfeiting (deposit reports), hacking (Twitter accounts), defamation (Facebook page), or plagiarism on the internet (abusive copying and use of general terms and conditions of a company). Please note : the bailiff is the sole legal professional able to draft a statement of facts in order to constitute and preserve the evidence at any given time and before the contentious web page is modified or deleted.
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PRESS CONTACT :
Véronique MARTIN
Mobile : 06 60 99 41 64
Mail: vmartin@arkanemedia.com
Caroline TONINI
Mobile. : 06 34 46 06 35
Mail : ctonini@arkanemedia.com
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION :
Chambre nationale des huissiers de justice
44, rue de Douai
75009 Paris
www.huissier-justice.fr
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