A Nationwide Process Serving Company
Assist Process Serving is a professional process serving company operating throughout England and Wales. We support solicitors, legal professionals, public bodies, support organisations and individuals who need legal documents served with a clear, practical and responsive approach. Our nationwide network includes more than 90 experienced process servers, helping us arrange service across a wide range of locations.
Process Serving Company
Instructions may involve family, civil, housing or insolvency-related documents. This includes protective court orders, claim forms, statutory demands, divorce papers and witness summonses.
Some matters are urgent or sensitive. We handle every instruction carefully, review the information provided and work with you to identify the appropriate next step.
Process Serving with a Social Purpose
Assist Process Serving is part of the National Centre for Domestic Violence CIC.
Income from our process serving work is reinvested into the wider mission of supporting survivors of domestic abuse. This gives our work a clear social purpose while maintaining a professional focus on the practical service of legal documents.
Not every instruction relates to domestic abuse. We support a broad range of legal professionals, organisations and individuals across England and Wales.
Professional Service of Legal Documents
Assist Process Serving can arrange a process server for a wide range of family, civil, housing and insolvency-related documents. Select the service you need to find out more about the process, likely information required and available service speeds.
Process Serving for Non Molestation Orders
A protective court order intended to prevent a named person from using or threatening abuse, harassment or violence towards an applicant or relevant child.
Process Serving for Occupation Orders
A court order that can regulate who may live in, return to or enter a home in certain family and domestic abuse-related circumstances.
Process Serving for Prohibited Steps Orders
A family court order that prevents a person from taking a specified step in relation to a child without the court’s permission.
Process Serving for Child Arrangement Orders
A court order dealing with arrangements for a child, including where they live, spend time or otherwise have contact with a parent or another person.
Process Serving for Divorce Petitions
Court papers used to begin divorce proceedings or progress an application to end a marriage.
Process Serving for Statutory Demands
A formal written demand for payment of a debt, which may be relevant before bankruptcy or company winding-up action is considered.
Process Serving for Bankruptcy Petitions
Court documents used in bankruptcy proceedings involving an individual, often where a creditor is seeking a bankruptcy order.
Process Serving for Witness Summonses
A court-issued document requiring a witness to attend court to give evidence or produce documents.
Process Serving for Claims Forms
Court documents used to start many types of civil proceedings and formally notify the defendant of the claim.
Trace Enquiries
Additional enquiries to help establish a current address or location where available information is incomplete or out of date.
We also offer trace enquiries at an additional cost where an address or location requires further investigation. Assist Process Serving does not provide legal advice. If you are unsure which document is required, how it should be served or what action to take, please speak with your solicitor, the court or another relevant professional.
A Careful Approach to Sensitive Legal Matters
Assist Process Serving has particular experience in arranging the service of Non-Molestation Orders, Occupation Orders and other injunctions.
These documents can arise from difficult personal circumstances. Our role is to arrange service professionally, discreetly and with respectful communication throughout the instruction.
Where service is needed urgently, standard, priority and same-day options are available. The appropriate option will depend on the document, service address, timing of the instruction and any relevant court directions.
We do not provide legal or safeguarding advice. Anyone who needs advice about a protective order, their safety or the wider legal process should contact their solicitor, the court or an appropriate support professional.
Clear Instructions, Responsive Service
We keep the process straightforward from instruction to completion. The suitable method of service can depend on the document, court rules and any directions in the case.
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Review the instruction
The team reviews the documents, address details, deadlines and any relevant court directions. Useful background information can also help us understand the circumstances of service.
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Arrange the appropriate service level
Standard, priority or same-day service is selected according to the instruction and required timescale.
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Make the required service attempts
A process server attends the address and carries out the agreed service attempts. The office keeps you informed of progress where appropriate.
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Provide supporting documentation
Once service has taken place, a statement of service is issued. Electronic service may be available where applicable.
Process Serving Across England and Wales
Our network of more than 90 experienced process servers enables Assist Process Serving to accept instructions nationwide across England and Wales. We support service in major cities, towns and more rural locations. Key areas include London, the West Midlands, Birmingham, Kent, Essex, Merseyside, South Wales and selected LL postcode areas.
Find out more about local process serving support:
Additional Enquiries Where Appropriate
Some instructions require more than an address and a set of documents. Where appropriate and permitted, Assist may be able to make additional enquiries to help identify useful information before service is attempted. Trace enquiries are available at an additional cost where an address or location needs further investigation. Depending on the circumstances, we may also assist with:
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Police checks
Where formal agreements permit
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Prison checks
Including identifying an HMPS location or prisoner number where possible
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Probation-office liaison
Where appropriate
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Discreet contact enquiries
To help gather location information or arrange contact with an agent
These enquiries do not guarantee that a person can be located, contacted or successfully served. Each instruction is considered on the information available and the options that may be appropriate.
The ASSIST Programme
The ASSIST programme provides authorised UK police officers with secure access to relevant Non-Molestation Orders, Occupation Orders, injunctions and proof-of-service documents.
This may help officers view or securely obtain relevant documents when responding to a potential breach. Authorised access is available 24 hours a day.
Access is restricted through registered police email domains, secure login processes and time-limited access.
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Speak to Our Process Serving Company
Whether you need to arrange service for a court order, claim form, statutory demand or another legal document, our process serving company can review your instruction and explain the next practical steps.
Please send the document type, service address, required deadline and any relevant court directions. If your instruction is urgent, clearly state the date and time by which service is needed.
Please send the document type, service address, required deadline and any relevant court directions.
- 01Your information will be handled discreetly
- 02Standard, priority and same-day options are available
- 03A statement of service is provided once service has taken place
- 04Clear instructions help us assess the most appropriate next step
