The payment order: the fast track for a debt evidenced in writing
If your debt is a specified sum, evidenced in writing and due for immediate performance, the law opens a route shorter than an ordinary claim — on deadlines counted in days.
Guides that answer the questions management, finance and legal teams actually ask — from preparing a matter to choosing a route. Every statutory figure names its article and its source.
If your debt is a specified sum, evidenced in writing and due for immediate performance, the law opens a route shorter than an ordinary claim — on deadlines counted in days.
Legal update
Since 1 October 2025 commercial disputes have had a court of their own, with fixed deadlines to decide. Here is what that means for anyone waiting to be paid.
Decision guide
The question is not amicable or legal, but when a matter moves and on what signal. Here are the signals, and the deadlines you cannot miss.
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