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Roger Sinclair

Roger Sinclair at egos is a legal advisor, and has specialised for decades in the legal needs, both of freelancers themselves, and of those providing services to/for freelancers.

Contrary to dangerous assumptions, it’s end-clients who face joint and several liability for agency contractors’ PAYE/NIC debts, unless an umbrella company is involved.

All supply chain parties are bracing themselves for Finance Bill 2026, the ERB, and JSL legislation for umbrella companies.

Legal aid for when onboarding becomes such a ‘full-time’ commitment that it makes you want to charge.

3rd July, 2025 | Guide to Contracts

Although the truth isn’t getting in the way of a good LinkedIn post, there are genuine lessons to learn from IT director Ben Wicken v Akita Systems Ltd.

As two brollies got told this month, an umbrella company must still pay its contractors even when it is out of pocket.

26th November, 2024 | Umbrella Companies

A dispassionate look into the arrangement at the centre of a heated, public disagreement on LinkedIn.

A program manager who wanted to be an employee, or if not a worker (but has been ruled as neither), might turn HMRC’s head.

How to approach your staple document as a supplier; why the small print matters, and when to push back.

19th June, 2023 | Guide to Contracts

An explainer of the 2003 rules, in force to govern agencies and protect all who use them -- including contractors.

16th March, 2022 | Guide To Agencies

Why words are wisest to take care of the three Cs – Complexity, Certainty, Coverage.

1st March, 2022 | Guide to Contracts

How to charge clients a retainer, while factoring in scope, documents and IR35.

18th February, 2022 | Guide to Contracts

When saying ‘no’ is feasible, contractually, but inviting of unknowns, risk, and repercussions.

4th June, 2020 | Guide to Contracts

'Opting out hardly helps to get paid for time worked. But the real wrongdoing is with your recruiter.'

20th April, 2020 | Coronavirus