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Collecting Alberta Acoustic-Testing Fees Through Bank Garnishment

Unpaid acoustic-testing fees led to default judgment and enforcement against a construction company’s bank account, producing payment of the judgment.

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The situation

A professional services firm performed acoustic testing for a construction company and was not paid. The firm referred the unpaid account to Precision Paralegal Services for collection.

Our approach

We sent a demand letter and ran a corporate search. When no payment followed, we filed a civil claim and completed personal service.

The company did not respond. We obtained a Certificate of Default Judgment and a Writ of Enforcement.

A banking skip trace identified an avenue for collection. We issued a garnishee summons against the company’s bank account and confirmed the resulting funds through the garnishee responses before closing the file.

The outcome

Default judgment was obtained and collected through garnishment of the corporate defendant’s bank account.

What this case illustrates

The work continued from demand and judgment into identifying a source of payment. In this matter, bank tracing and garnishment turned the judgment for professional fees into collected funds.

This anonymized summary omits identifying details to protect confidentiality. It describes one matter, not a guarantee of a similar outcome. Every matter depends on its facts and applicable law. This is general information, not legal advice.

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