Little legal advice required, about 6/7 months ago I did some freelance work for a web design company, invoiced them accordingly and to this dat I have still not been paid. I have sent numerous requests for payment, and at first they kept saying it'll be in the next cheque run.

 

However, they then started to ignore me.

 

The question is do I threaten them with small claims court or do I just write it off, as it was only for £100.00? Although, if they wont pay me £100 whos to say someone else will do a bigger project with them and they'll be screwed over as well.

Little legal advice required, about 6/7 months ago I did some freelance work for a web design company, invoiced them accordingly and to this dat I have still not been paid. I have sent numerous requests for payment, and at first they kept saying it'll be in the next cheque run.

 

However, they then started to ignore me.

 

The question is do I threaten them with small claims court or do I just write it off, as it was only for £100.00? Although, if they wont pay me £100 whos to say someone else will do a bigger project with them and they'll be screwed over as well.

 

Hello,

 

First of all, i am not a lawyer, so this isnt proper legal advice, and i will not be held responsible (got to put that in so i dont get sued if someone follows my advice and something goes wrong)

 

Personally, i would look at time involved and probably write it off, but never work with them again, and name and shame them.

 

To go to small claims will cost you a set of fees (which you cant claim back). i think they are about £60-70. So your looking at a possibility of being even further down by £60, or getting £40. it'd likely be about 4 hours of work, so do you value yourself at £10 an hour?

 

What sort of paperwork do you have? you will need to weigh up wether or not you will win. Best possibly outcome, would be for you to have a solid case, they go into court with a lawyer that cost them £100 (to spite you) and then the judge finds against them anyway (i know alot of small claims court judges dont like lawyers in their, as they see it as a sort of overkill)

 

 

Reaper

I wouldn't let it lie as I'd feel they know damn well they hadn't paid me and had taken advantage of me.

 

But, you could try the interest added route before going to small claims. The last person who kept putting me off paid as soon as she received the first bill for interest.

 

See payontime.co.uk for a calculator and sample letter to send.

 

It may work, it may not, but you are entitled to do it

Cheers guys, I think I'll threaten them with the added interest. If I still have no joy in 3-4 months I'll probably write it off.

To go to small claims will cost you a set of fees (which you cant claim back). i think they are about £60-70. So your looking at a possibility of being even further down by £60, or getting £40. it'd likely be about 4 hours of work, so do you value yourself at £10 an hour?

You can claim those fees back, you include them in your claim

 

So if the amount owed is £100, the small claims court fee is £80, and your own costs and expenses were £250, then that is what you submit

Most courts accept costs up to £350, as this includes investigation, postal costs, and two visits to the premises

when i went to claim for someething i was advised by the courts that small claims (only small claims) wont cover legal fees (including court costs)

 

Reaper

Honestly only a professional's advice would really help you out here. Have you ever heard of prepaid legal? They provide UNLIMITED counseling and advice among many other things for only $26 a month while most attourneys charge several hundreds of dollars an hour. Maybe I can ask my Prepaid legal provided law firm but because it's not my actual problem they wouldn't be able to assist me on the specifics. You should give it a try.

 

 

 

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Honestly only a professional's advice would really help you out here. Have you ever heard of prepaid legal? They provide UNLIMITED counseling and advice among many other things for only $26 a month while most attourneys charge several hundreds of dollars an hour. Maybe I can ask my Prepaid legal provided law firm but because it's not my actual problem they wouldn't be able to assist me on the specifics. You should give it a try.

 

 

 

Arent they an american company? This is an english cash, so any advice from an american company wouldnt really work, as it would be based on american law.

 

 

Reaper