Originally posted by ASB
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Does Anyone Know a good solicitor??
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Bummer. But tulipe happens. Even to permies.....
Had it once as perm. Company couldnt be arsed to follow redundancy procedure so hiked up some 'charges' for a few people and said, sign agreement or we'll suspend you and sack you eventually. Of course, not worth the hassle to fight. I remember the 'reasons' they came up with - it was laughable thats all the could think of.
But yep thats what they all do - make something up to get rid of. No hassle no notice. Yet if we did the same clients would go mad.
If it was me I'd have a tilt at getting notice period off the agency. Worth a go - cheap enough to take to small claims court and might be a laugh.
Getting a solictor - nah. Costs too much and you wont get anywhere.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by terrythompson View PostHi Guys,
Been on here a while but first post. I'm looking for a solicitor to take a company to court over a wrongful termination of contract. I had been working at this company for 3 months without any issues whatsoever, then out of the blue I get a call from my agency saying the company have terminated my contract with immediate effect. When I asked why they stated that " I did not meet the required level of expertise for the role" this was complete news to me and also my immediate manager who I asked the question about my work. I had been given no notice of any issues with my work at any point and indeed my immediate manger was happy with my work (his words). This came from senior management who I had had no dealings with. I was supposed to be on a month's notice but due to them stating the above they were saying they could terminate my contract with immediate effect. I have looked into this and spoken to a barrister friend of mine and he states they would need to prove a level of incompetence or gross misconduct in order to terminate my contract in this manner. I asked them for specific instances of where I had not performed as expected. they came back with 4 instances that had been completely doctored to make it seem that the fault or the issue was down to me.
After I left I spoke with a number of other contractors who worked there and found that several contractors had been let go in exactly the same manner, so basically I found that they had either gone over budget or run out of funds and didn't want to pay any of the contractors a month's notice in wages so decided to use a false accusation as grounds to immediately terminate the contracts.
I would like to fight this, not just because of the money we've all been there with contracts terminated prematurely but also I am unhappy with the slur on my technical ability I think the way they have gone about things has been totally disgusting and i don't think they should be allowed to get away with it. Can someone please help?
Thanks
Terry.
Going to court is a nightmare. It is expensive and even if you win you will not get all your costs back. Apart from the cost the mental exhausation that it will put you through is shocking. It can easily break you.
Court should only be used by the brave where there are big sums at stake and where you have tried every other alternative. I went through this recently and it nearly broke me
You are a contractor - That comes with the thick and the thin. Not being given notice is not nice but brush yourself down and move on.
There are tons of jobs at the moment and the service industry (software dev / hardware dev) is really picking upComment
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