Lynne is terrific. This new legislation and the PPSR itself was so perplexing. As a principal, I was terrified about how long it would take to get my head around the issues we were facing with clients, and the lawyers presenting CLE’s on this topic were not being practical in their approach – I needed to understand the ins and outs and practicalities of registering interests in all their weird and wonderful guises! After a day session at our firm, we felt extremely confident and reassured of how to practically tackle this best for our clients and to confidently register interests in the most effective way. Thank you so much Lynne, we will have you back very soon for a refresher.

Facing the prospect of fighting a substantial unfair preference claim, while holding a PPSR, we were left wondering what was the point of having a registration. Coincidentally, I met with Lynne Walton on another matter and as we were talking Lynne provided another aspect for our battle with the liquidator. Even though the liquidator had originally rejected our secure claim, we worked with Lynne and her team to ‘negotiate’ a more commercial outcome. The result of these negotiations was the formal recognition of our secure claim (thus defeating the unfair preference claim) and a small return from the proceeds. Taking a purely legal stance would have resulted in a protracted legal battle with the liquidator, but Lynne’s commercial approach gave us the results we wanted and needed. And she
did it all with a smile.

When I was notified in late 2011 that the Personal Property Securities Act was soon to activate, I was quite apprehensive as I read the Act and wondered how on earth I was to use it in our business. We have a mid-sized hire fleet and it appeared we would need to employ someone full time to make the day-to-day changes. My company lawyer referred me to Lynne Walton and I spent a day talking about how her system could simplify my compliance with the PPSR and still maintain protection for our hire fleet. When I was satisfied with all of her answers, Lynne helped us load all of our fleet registrations as well as customer registrations. Lynne worked with my lawyer in re-wording all of the hire agreements, sales agreements, credit applications and rent to own agreements to comply with the PPSA provisions. We now spend a couple of hours a week adding new hire customers registrations, adding new equipment purchased and discharging security interests as necessary. All of the equipment is covered by security interests and I can recover them. If we have machines stolen I now have a chance of recovering them, unlike before PPSA. It is so easy to manage week-to-week now. We have not lost one piece of equipment to a liquidator since January 30, 2012 and we have had a number of our customers go into receivership since that time. As our hire business has grown, in terms of fleet equipment and customers, the program has matched our growth all the way. I have a PPSR specialist on call in Lynne, and when I have had other companies ask me how I manage my PPSR obligations, I always recommend they speak to Lynne.

Right from the start we found Lynne Walton to be extremely informative and helpful in guiding us through the whole PPSA system. We have a high volume of transactions every month (new vehicle leases & sales) and a considerate number of debtors for registrations. Lynne assisted us in loading all our existing data efficiently and since then we have found the registration portal to be very user friendly. We are very pleased with the quick responses to all our queries as well as for prompt and courteous customer service.

As a company with a fleet of almost 200 machines and vehicles, we were aware of our new responsibilities in regards to the PPSR. However, as we began to research what was required, we were soon acutely aware that there was a lot of mis-information and confusion, not only on our part but also on the part of the legal profession as well. It was extremely difficult to find out what was required and simply how to go about it. I happened upon Lynne Walton when searching for some professional help and contacted her to arrange a meeting. In a very short time, we were both surprised and pleased with her obvious depth of knowledge of the subject and the straightforward strategies she presented to ensure our interests were protected. We had no hesitation in acquiring the services of Lynne Walton and have appointed her to fully manage our PPSR obligations and we have been extremely happy with the service that has been provided. I have utmost pleasure in providing this testimonial for Lynne Walton.

The administration team at Hurford Wholesale would like to express their gratitude to Lynne Walton and her team for their professionalism, courtesy and patience during our company’s transition to the PPSR scheme. A massively daunting project, given the size of our customer base, Lynne very quickly broke the process down into manageable chunks and walked us through from start to finish; outlining all issues arising from implementing PPSR within our organisational infrastructure through to the legal discourse currently surrounding PPSA and its consequences. John has proven to be a fantastic resource with regard to installing their system as a gateway for our company to the Government’s register. Incredibly easy to use, coupled with John’s ongoing support and great service, makes the whole process just one less thing to worry about. Lynne – your contribution and advice during a recent episode where a customer opted for voluntary administration has proved invaluable. We are pleased to say that the administrators have acknowledged our registrations on PPSR and have now given us the “green light” to retrieve our goods. Great people and great service – we are extremely happy to have you on board as business partners. Thank you and we would recommend your services to any business!

Viking Industrial was first introduced to Lynne a few years ago during a stressful time with a company going broke whilst holding our equipment on site. Her professionalism and personality put our team at ease immediately. She has managed to take a complex and frustrating government system (PPSR register) and make it manageable for anyone. She has always been available for advice and guidance and having her name and brand supporting our company has always given banks or finance companies confidence when dealing with us. We always recommend her and are grateful or her contribution to our growing business.