# Able Investigations & Enforcements > Established in 1993, Able Investigations is a UK-based enforcement and investigations firm providing court-certificated enforcement agents, investigation services, and process serving across England and Wales. Based in Bristol, the company specialises in traveller and squatter evictions, commercial rent arrears recovery, debtor tracing, and legal document service. "Where the police step out, we step in." ## Contact - Phone: 0345 366 0000 - Email: enquiries@ableinvestigations.com - Address: 1 Riverside Business Park, St Annes Road, Bristol BS4 4ED, UK ## Core Pages - [Home](https://ableinvestigations.com/) - [About Us](https://ableinvestigations.com/about-us) - [Contact](https://ableinvestigations.com/contact) - [Resources](https://ableinvestigations.com/resources) - [Privacy Policy](https://ableinvestigations.com/privacy) ## Enforcement Services - [Enforcement Services](https://ableinvestigations.com/services/enforcement-services) - [Traveller Evictions](https://ableinvestigations.com/enforcement/traveller-evictions) Services include: traveller and squatter evictions, Public Order Enforcement Team (POETS) for high-risk situations, post-eviction site clean-up and clearance, ethical equine and animal removal, and Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR). ## Investigation Services - [Investigation Services](https://ableinvestigations.com/services/investigation-services) - [Missing Persons Tracing](https://ableinvestigations.com/investigation/missing-persons-tracing) - [Status Enquiries and Pre-Sue Reports](https://ableinvestigations.com/investigation/status-enquiries) - [Debtor Location and Absconder Tracing](https://ableinvestigations.com/investigation/debtor-tracing) ## Process Serving - [Process Serving](https://ableinvestigations.com/services/process-serving) Professional service of legal documents across England and Wales, including international service via the Hague Service Convention. Standard service from GBP 155+VAT, urgent same-day service from GBP 175+VAT, volume discounts available. ## Blog Posts - [How much does it cost to make a court claim?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-court-claim) - [What is the Typical Process Serving Procedure?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-is-typical-process-serving-procedure) - [Everything You Need to Know About the Renters' Rights Act 2025](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-renters-rights-act-2025) - [What Happens if Court Papers are Served Late?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-happens-if-court-papers-are-served-late) - [How the Traveller Eviction Process Works in the UK](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-the-traveller-eviction-process-works-in-the-uk) - [What Are Your Options If Process Serving Fails Multiple Times?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-are-your-options-if-process-serving-fails-multiple-times) - [How to Remove Squatters from Commercial Property](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-remove-squatters-from-commercial-property) - [Why Choose Able Investigations for Evictions?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/why-choose-able-investigations-for-evictions) - [Section 77 Vagrancy Act Repeal Enforcement Guide](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/section-77-vagrancy-act-repeal-enforcement-guide) - [Can I Evict a Commercial Tenant Without a Lease?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-i-evict-a-commercial-tenant-without-a-lease-2) - [Landlord Forfeiture of Lease](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/landlord-forfeiture-of-lease-how-to-regain-possession-legally) - [Massive Reductions in Traveller Encampments in Torbay](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/reductions-in-traveller-encampents-torbay) - [Forfeiting a Commercial Lease](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/forfeiting-a-commercial-lease) - [How Long Does It Take to Evict a Tenant?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-long-does-it-take-to-evict-a-tenant) - [What Is a Section 21 Eviction Notice?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-is-a-section-21-eviction-notice) - [Traveller Evictions: Advantages of Working with Able Investigations](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/the-advantages-of-working-with-able-investigations) - [Everything You Need to Know About Process Serving](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/everything-you-need-to-know-about-process-serving) - [What Happens During a Squat Eviction](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-happens-during-a-squat-eviction) - [What is an Enforcement Agency Bailiff?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-is-an-enforcement-agency-bailiff) - [Finding the Right Tenant Eviction Specialists](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/finding-the-right-tenant-eviction-specialists) - [The Complete Guide to Enforcing a Possession Order](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/the-complete-guide-to-enforcing-a-possession-order) - [Can Police Remove Trespassers in the UK?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-police-remove-trespassers-in-the-uk) - [Can I Evict a Commercial Tenant without a Lease?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-i-evict-a-commercial-tenant-without-a-lease) - [How Long Does a Process Server Have to Serve Papers?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-long-process-server) - [5 Things Property Owners Should Never Try When Dealing with Squatters](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/things-to-avoid-with-squatters) - [Can a Car be Repossessed Without a Court Order?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-a-car-be-repossessed-without-a-court-order) - [When Can Goods be Repossessed Without a Court Order?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/repossessing-goods-without-court-order) - [How to Evict a Tenant if Their Deposit is not Protected](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-evict-a-tenant-if-their-deposit-is-not-protected) - [A Guide to Evicting a Lodger in the UK](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/a-guide-to-evicting-a-lodger-in-the-uk) - [Process Serving with Able Investigations](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/process-serving-with-able-investigations) - [How Does the Renters Reform Bill Affect the Eviction Process?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-does-the-renters-reform-bill-affect-the-eviction-process) - [What is the Difference Between Squatting and Trespassing?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-is-the-difference-between-trespassing-and-squatting) - [Why Use Security Guards at a Public Event?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/why-use-security-guards-at-a-public-event) - [What Laws Are There on Surveillance in the UK?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-laws-are-there-on-surveillance-in-the-uk) - [Can Enforcement Agents Break into a Property?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-agents-break-into-property) - [Can You Remove Travellers from Council Land?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-you-remove-travellers-from-council-land) - [6 Common Reasons for Trespassing](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/6-common-reasons-for-trespassing) - [When Should the Transfer Up Procedure be Used?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/when-should-the-transfer-up-procedure-be-used) - [When Do You Need a Pre-sue Report?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/why-a-pre-sue-report) - [What to do When a Tenant Leaves Belongings Behind](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-to-do-when-a-tenant-leaves-belongings-behind) - [How to Evict a Tenant Without a Tenancy Agreement](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-evict-a-tenant-without-a-tenancy-agreement) - [When Can Security Remove Protestors?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/when-can-security-remove-protestors) - [What is a Status Report to Reclaim Money Owed?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-is-a-status-report-to-reclaim-money-owed) - [Can a Tenant Become a Squatter?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-a-tenant-become-a-squatter) - [Why Do We Need Security Guards?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/why-do-we-need-security-guards) - [What is a Debt Recovery Plan?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-is-a-debt-recovery-plan) - [Do Squatter's Rights Still Exist?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/do-squatters-rights-still-exist) - [How to Recover Debt from an Individual](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-recover-debt-from-an-individual) - [How Much is it to Hire a Security Guard?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-much-is-it-to-hire-security) - [A Complete Guide to Debtor Tracing in the UK](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/a-complete-guide-to-debtor-tracing-in-the-uk) - [How to Choose an Enforcement Service](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-to-look-for-when-choosing-an-enforcement-service) - [What Is the Role of Enforcement Services?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-is-the-role-of-enforcement-services) - [Common Law Notice vs. Writ of Possession](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/common-law-vs-writ-of-possession) - [How to Choose the Best Tenant for Your Rental](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-choose-the-best-tenant-for-your-rental) - [Can I Evict a Tenant for Antisocial Behaviour?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-i-evict-a-tenant-for-antisocial-behaviour) - [When and Where Can an Individual be Served with a Legal Document?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/when-and-where-to-serve-legal-documents) - [How Can I Remove Travellers from My Private Land?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/remove-travellers-from-my-land) - [Will the Government Scrap Section 21?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/will-the-government-scrap-section-21) - [Who Pays the Court Costs for Tenant Evictions?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/eviction-court-costs) - [How Much Does it Cost for a Process Server?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-much-does-it-cost-for-a-process-server) - [What is a Process Server?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-is-a-process-server) - [How Much Notice Should You Give a Tenant?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-much-notice-to-give-tenant-uk) - [What Security Guards Can and Can't Do in the UK](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/what-security-guards-can-and-cant-do-in-the-uk) - [How Are Divorce Papers Served in the UK?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-divorce-papers-served-uk) - [Evicting Squatters Legally in the UK](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-evict-squatters-legally) - [How to Evict a Tenant Without Going to Court](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-evict-a-tenant-without-going-to-court) - [How to Deal with Trespassers in the UK](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-deal-with-trespassers-in-uk) - [Commercial Tenant Eviction in the UK](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/commercial-tenant-eviction-in-the-uk) - [How to Evict a Tenant in The UK](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-evict-a-tenant-uk) - [Commercial Forfeiture and CRAR: Landlord Options](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/commercial-forfeiture-crar-what-are-the-landlords-options-in-2021) - [How to Deal with Political Squatters in Bristol](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/dealing-with-policital-squatters-bristol) - [Commercial Tenant Not Paying Rent?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/commercial-tenant-not-paying-rent) - [Case Study: Implications of Not Evicting Squatters](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/case-study-the-implications-of-not-evicting-squatters-from-your-land) - [How To Evict Travellers From Council Land](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-to-evict-travellers-from-council-land) - [How Long Does it Take to Evict a Tenant in the UK?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/how-long-it-takes-to-evict-tenant-uk) - [Can I Evict a Tenant Myself?](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/can-i-evict-a-tenant-myself) - [High Court Enforcement Officers: Everything You Need To Know](https://ableinvestigations.com/blog-posts/high-court-enforcement-officer-powers)