UK Process Servers

Need an experienced Process Server near you? We serve legal documents nationwide.

Experienced UK process servers with a 98.7% success rate. No matter who needs to be served, we will find them and serve your legal documents. Need an emergency or same day court document serve? No problem.

If you require trusted UK process servers (also called Court Servers) to serve legal documents urgently, iSpy Detectives is a name that you can trust. We can offer emergency 24-hr and same day process serving of Divorce Papers (also called Divorce Petition), Court Summons, Writs, Court Orders, Eviction Notices, Non-Molestation Orders, Winding-up petition, Interim Possession Orders, Tenant and Landlord Lease Break Notice, Letters of Intent To Sue, & Injunctions. We also serve papers at weekends and evenings, making sure the job gets done as soon as possible.

Our process servers have come from a police or military background and know the importance of serving documents in a legal manner. We can serve a legal document anywhere in the UK and abroad. Need a process server for the USA? Need divorce papers serving in Australia? Need an eviction notice serving on a holiday property in Spain? Want to serve a Letter Of Intent To Sue to someone on social media? No problem. iSpy Detectives can deliver.

If you need a process server that is reliable, can get the job done and can work to a fixed fee, then iSpy Detectives can help. We specialise in serving evasive people, like people who do not want to be served divorce papers.

Locations our Process Servers operate

We can serve your legal documents anywhere in the UK. We have a large team of process servers situated around the country, including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham, Bournemouth, Cornwall, Cardiff, Aberdeen and Glasgow.

What legal documents can our UK Process Servers serve?

Our UK process servers can ‘hand deliver’ a wide range of legal documents and papers anywhere in the UK or abroad. Our agents are highly skilled, proficient and tenacious. They are experts in tracing people, especially those who often prove elusive or don’t want to be served. Debtor tracing is a speciality of ours. Legal documents they can serve, include:

What Legal Documents Can Our UK Process Servers Serve?

Our UK process servers can ‘hand deliver’ a wide range of legal documents and papers anywhere in the UK or abroad. Our agents are highly skilled, proficient and tenacious. They are experts in tracing people, especially those who often prove elusive or don’t want to be served. Debtor tracing is one of our specialities.

Legal documents we can serve include:

Statutory Demands and Claims

A statutory demand is a document served by a creditor to a debtor. It warns the debtor that legal proceedings may begin if they do not acknowledge the letter and debt, and make contact to arrange payment of the outstanding amount. Many clients use our services regularly to serve statutory demands for their businesses.

Court Summons

We regularly serve legal summons issued by the courts for individuals to appear in court to respond to an allegation or face prosecution. If the individual does not attend court after being served, they may be imprisoned for committing an offence.

Winding-up Petitions & Bankruptcy Petitions

We frequently serve winding-up petitions by creditors who are owed money by their debtors. This is an important part of the compulsory liquidation process where a company is forced to cease operations and sell/liquidate its assets to pay creditors.

Divorce Petitions / Matrimonial Orders

A divorce petition is served by a spouse to divorce their partner because the marriage has irretrievably broken down. This is the initial starting point, notifying the recipient of divorce intentions.

Court Orders

A court order is a legal instruction by a judge telling someone what they must or must not do. The types of court orders we often serve are Residence Orders (Child Arrangement Orders), Prohibited Steps Orders, Non-Molestation Orders, Maintenance Orders, Consent Orders and Specific Issue Orders (e.g. N39 – Order to attend court for questioning).

Writs

We regularly hand-serve writs which empower High Court Enforcement Officers to take control and, if necessary, remove and sell goods in the absence of payment by the debtor.

Injunctions

Common types of injunctions include those protecting you and your children against violence, harm or abuse from a threatening spouse or partner, or an Occupation Order which determines who can legally live in a property and access the surroundings.

Eviction Notices (Also called Possession Orders)

An eviction notice is a court order, also called an Interim Possession Order (IPO). This is a legal instruction by the courts to leave a property by a certain date, or risk being removed or evicted by bailiffs (via a warrant of eviction). This typically applies to squatters or tenants who have failed to pay their rent.

When our UK process servers deliver these documents, they may encounter negative and aggressive behaviour. However, all members of our process serving agency are trained to handle such situations, so you can rest assured we will act professionally at all times when representing your solicitors or law firm. We specialise in serving difficult or evasive recipients, and we always provide an N215 form as proof that we have served the correct individual.

What is a Process Server?

A process server is a person or agency authorised to deliver legal documents to individuals or defendants in court cases. The law requires that people must be informed of court proceedings in person – a telephone call or email is not sufficient for legal notification. This formal requirement is where a process server’s expertise becomes essential.

At iSpy Detectives, we offer comprehensive process serving services backed by many years of experience. To discuss your requirements with one of our court server agents, you can telephone us, complete the enquiry form on this page, or visit our contact page to submit your query.

Case Study #1: Quick Delivery of Divorce Papers

Location: London

What We Did

A solicitor asked us to find a man who had been dodging his divorce papers for weeks. Our job was to track him down somewhere in London and hand him the papers legally and safely.

Results

We spent a few days following leads across London – from Battersea to Hampstead, Clapham to Marylebone. We finally found him at his workplace. One of our team dressed up as a delivery driver and asked him to come down to sign for a parcel. When he came down, we handed him the divorce papers and told him he had been served.

The man wasn’t happy at all. He threw the papers on the ground and stormed off back to work. But it didn’t matter that he threw them away – legally, he had been properly served. The solicitor was pleased because now the divorce could move forward. This shows how we sometimes need to think outside the box, while still staying within the law, to get the job done.


Case Study #2: Serving Divorce Papers to the Accountant

Location: Chiswick, West London

What we did

Sometimes people do their very best to avoid being served legal documents, such as divorce papers. This is why people often choose to hire professional process servers to get the job done. Our agents are highly skilled and capable of efficiently and legally delivering legal documents.

In April of 2022 we were hired to serve divorce papers to an accountant who had refused to be served previously. She had tried for 6-months with other process servers and he was always unavailable and would blatantly ignore people who walked up to him. He stayed perpetually busy, and was very hard to pin down.

His wife believed he was doing this because he was hiding valuable assets and didn’t want to divorce because these would need to be declared or found.

Process Server FAQs

Why Should I Use a Process Server?

You might need to give legal papers to someone in the UK, whether you’re a business or an individual. Sometimes people are hard to find, and you may not know how to track them down properly.

Sometimes it’s not safe to deliver papers yourself. For instance, if you’re getting divorced, you might not want to hand over divorce papers in person. This is especially true in cases involving domestic violence. Our agents are trained to handle difficult situations, so you don’t have to.

Serving court papers isn’t simple – if you get it wrong, your court case could be thrown out. Courts often prefer you to use an independent agency anyway. We’re quick, reliable and won’t break the bank.

We also work outside normal office hours, so we can deliver papers at any time of day or night.

Can I Trust iSpy Detectives to Deliver Documents on Time?

Yes, you can. We know it’s hard to find trustworthy process servers – we’ve tested other agencies ourselves to see how we could do better.

We’ll try multiple times to deliver your documents, often on the same day. If we can’t hand them over directly, we’ll find another legal way to serve them.

Can You Serve Papers on the Same Day?

Need it done quickly? We offer same-day service if we have servers free in your area. It costs a bit more, but we’ll get it done fast.

Can You Serve Legal Documents Without an Address?

Yes – as long as we can find the person, we can serve them. We’re good at tracking people down anywhere in the world. Whether they’re on a beach in Mexico, hiding in Spain, living in Dubai or up in Scotland, we’ll find them and serve the papers.

How Much Does a Process Server Cost?

Our prices start at £299 + VAT for UK service. International serving starts at £499 + VAT.

Like most things, trickier jobs cost more than simple ones. We charge a fixed fee, so no nasty surprises. If you need lots of papers served, we can offer better rates.

For a precise quote, just give us a ring or fill in our contact form.

Can a Process Server Go on Private Property?

We can’t trespass, but we can knock on doors and find people in public places. Our agents know how to wait for the right moment and serve papers legally.

Can You Serve Divorce Papers to Someone in Prison?

Yes, we can serve any legal papers to people in prison. We just need to make an appointment and follow the proper steps. Having someone in prison won’t stop us doing our job.

Can You Serve Papers to Someone Abroad?

Yes, we serve papers worldwide. It’s easier if we have an address, but our agents can track people down abroad too. We’ve recently served papers in places like Dubai, Monaco, New York, Paris and many European cities.

Can You Serve Papers to Someone in Hospital or other medical facility?

Yes, if the person is mentally stable and able to make their own decisions. They mustn’t be under heavy medication when we serve the papers.