Kanchana is the sole director of Kanchana's Organic Foods Pty Ltd. He has been trading with a large restaurant "Autumn House Ltd" for a number of years and supplies all of Autumn House's fresh food on a weekly basis. For the last 6 months Autumn House has been late with their payments for the food delivered but last month and this month Kanchana received no payment at all for the organic food he delivered. He is currently owed $9000. Kanchana, who has very little cash, is angry as he needs to be paid as soon as possible and knows the Autumn House restaurant is always busy and likely to make a good profit.

What is the best course of legal action available to Kanchana and when must Autumn House comply with the action you propose?

What commercially sensible advice would you provide to Kanchana at this early stage?