Hi, I'm an IT contractor who was working for a client via a recruitment agency. I'm working under my own limited company. The client would pay the agency and the agency would take their cut and then pay me. However for the final invoice which was just shy of £7k, the client paid the agency for my work but the agency never paid me.
It turns out they used that money to pay for their own legal fees for a completely unrelated court case. This invoice was due to be paid on 01/12/16 so currently its around 2 months late. One of the directors at the agency emailed me in December to say they would be paying me the full amount of the invoice by 28th Feb. I then replied asking if he would agree to pay me my monthly accountancy fees for every month that the invoice remains unpaid and he responded in agreement. The problem is that for various reasons I don't trust that they are making an effort to pay me back by 28th.
So my question is, given that the director has told me he will pay me by the 28th Feb, is it still possible to take legal action against them using a solicitor? i.e. sending a letter-before-action or something similar.
Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers
It turns out they used that money to pay for their own legal fees for a completely unrelated court case. This invoice was due to be paid on 01/12/16 so currently its around 2 months late. One of the directors at the agency emailed me in December to say they would be paying me the full amount of the invoice by 28th Feb. I then replied asking if he would agree to pay me my monthly accountancy fees for every month that the invoice remains unpaid and he responded in agreement. The problem is that for various reasons I don't trust that they are making an effort to pay me back by 28th.
So my question is, given that the director has told me he will pay me by the 28th Feb, is it still possible to take legal action against them using a solicitor? i.e. sending a letter-before-action or something similar.
Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers
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