When does a contract end?

[mulberryblue]

But the agency made no attempt to find out where the contract had been assigned to, or the new bank details and just carried on paying the old company, saying they had to until they recieved a termination of contract notice from the old umbrella company.

But I dont understand why the agency had this liability to the old umbrella company as they had ceased trading and assigned the contract elsewhere.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

But the agency made no attempt to find out where the contract had been assigned to, or the new bank details and just carried on paying the old company, saying they had to until they recieved a termination of contract notice from the old umbrella company.

But I dont understand why the agency had this liability to the old umbrella company as they had ceased trading and assigned the contract elsewhere.

Without seeing the notice that was sent out I wouldn't like to say - if you could PM it too me I may be able to make a bit more sense of the situation.

[TheFaQQer]

But the agency made no attempt to find out where the contract had been assigned to, or the new bank details and just carried on paying the old company, saying they had to until they recieved a termination of contract notice from the old umbrella company.

But I dont understand why the agency had this liability to the old umbrella company as they had ceased trading and assigned the contract elsewhere.

It's not as straightforward as just saying "pay him instead of us", which is what you imply the umbrella has done. The agency has a contract with the umbrella, which is what they work to.

Having one individual at the umbrella send an email which gives a new company name isn't enough to warrant breaking the contract, in my opinion.

Sounds to me like the umbrella cocked it up and you're caught in the middle.