The fact is that clients can take a dislike to contractors for any reason (I knew a guy who got marched off site because he had a shiny new Macbook and the permies got jealous of that), and the clients who don't really understand the nature of their contracts will cite poor performance as the reason rather than "Sorry, we simply are not offering any further work".
If the client chooses to itemise the poor performance and that boils down to the contractor being a lazy **** rather than because the client didn't choose well at interview time then perhaps - subject to contract - they might have a claim, but that is probably one for a court room to explore whether said poor performance was legitimate and met any contracted threshold.
Get an account with Thomas Higgins (Business Debt Collection & Recovery Solicitors | Thomas Higgins Limited), as soon as the debt becomes overdue get them to issue a Late Payment Demand to to agency (cost is £3) and take it from there. Chances are, they'll capitulate once they get a nastygram from a legal firm rather than waiting patiently for the county court claim form. Alternatively, if your business has Legal Expenses insurance or IPSE+ membership, then use that.
If the client chooses to itemise the poor performance and that boils down to the contractor being a lazy **** rather than because the client didn't choose well at interview time then perhaps - subject to contract - they might have a claim, but that is probably one for a court room to explore whether said poor performance was legitimate and met any contracted threshold.
Get an account with Thomas Higgins (Business Debt Collection & Recovery Solicitors | Thomas Higgins Limited), as soon as the debt becomes overdue get them to issue a Late Payment Demand to to agency (cost is £3) and take it from there. Chances are, they'll capitulate once they get a nastygram from a legal firm rather than waiting patiently for the county court claim form. Alternatively, if your business has Legal Expenses insurance or IPSE+ membership, then use that.
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