domain owner vs primary contact

[scotspine]

the 'other' person is the named contact with the hosting company. i am the registered owner of the domain. the hosting company is also the registrar. would there be any point to changing the registrar?

[expat]

http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrants/maintain/faq/

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[scotspine]

ja but i am already the domain contact/owner. it is the hosting company's records that list the 'other' person [spit]. so would there be anything to gain by changing the registrar?

[expat]

ja but i am already the domain contact/owner. it is the hosting company's records that list the 'other' person [spit]. so would there be anything to gain by changing the registrar?

Are the hosting company also the registrar? If not, get the registrar to change contact details. If they refuse, get Nominet to change contact details (and possibly registrar because they are being uppity).
If yes, get Nominet to change registrar, then get new registrar to change contact details.

This is pretty much what NickFitz said.

You own the domain. You have a right to do this, and Nominet have a procedure to enforce it.

However, if I actually read what you wrote the registration is OK, it is just that the hosting company feel obliged to grant access to the hosted site to someone who is not actually in any way an owner or contact of the domain. This is strange: I suppose it is ultimately not connected with the domain registration at all, but with the hosting company's perceived commercial obligations? Well, changing hosting company would fix that. And maybe it is a relationship that needs to be fixed.

[The Lone Gunman]

Cant you just move to another host? Have I misunderstood?
I assume that someone else registered your domain with your host and use their own details as primary contact. You have now had a bust up and want them removed.
I also assume it is a little more complex than I think it is.

[scotspine]

i think you have it tlg. when i set up the domain hosting, i set up this other person as the primary contact. said bust-up ensued and i now want them removed.