End client not aware of Agency

[Brussels Slumdog]

An Agency sent my CV to a consultancy who in turn sent my CV to Division
A. Division A sent my CV to Division B .I ended up going to a face to face interview with Division B.
Now the problem is that Division B has a sole supplier and was totally unaware of the agent. Division A has no budget as they have no projects.
I have now reapplied to the sole supplier in order to secure the contract.
Does this create a legal problem for me or only a moral problem.

[SueEllen]

Nope.

You are in Belgium they operate under different laws.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Nope.

You are in Belgium they operate under different laws.

Does this mean that if I live in Belgium and the agent is in the UK then
I come under Belgian law and the contract place is irrelevant

[SueEllen]

All I can see from your first post is.

Division A have Supplier one
Division B have Supplier two.

If you work with Division A you have to go through Supplier one.
If you work with Division B you have to go through Supplier two.

If supplier one chooses to use agency to help find staff then it's up to them.

The client doesn't know this relationship and doesn't care. All they want is decent staff.

If agency kicks up a fuss then Supplier One is likely to drop them and source people directly for a while.

If agency only had an agreement with Supplier One to supply staff for Division A and there is no work in Division A then there is not much they can do.

Also most cross-boarder business contracts state the jurisdiction of the law they are using to draw up the contract. At the moment if you haven't got any work from agency then you aren't in a contract with them.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Thanks SueEllen

All I can see from your first post is.

Division A have Supplier one
Division B have Supplier two.

If you work with Division A you have to go through Supplier one.
If you work with Division B you have to go through Supplier two.

If supplier one chooses to use agency to help find staff then it's up to them.

The client doesn't know this relationship and doesn't care. All they want is decent staff.

If agency kicks up a fuss then Supplier One is likely to drop them and source people directly for a while.

If agency only had an agreement with Supplier One to supply staff for Division A and there is no work in Division A then there is not much they can do.

Also most cross-boarder business contracts state the jurisdiction of the law they are using to draw up the contract. At the moment if you haven't got any work from agency then you aren't in a contract with them.

Thanks SueEllen , You have summarised the situation exactly. This situation has happened to me twice before my current situation. Why does it always seem to happen to me. I guess it's because agents will always try to get in the back door and then try to blame the contractor when they don't get the contract.