Travel expenses claim if agency terminates early?

[jonson]

Hi

If I have had a signed contract from an agency for a certain period, say 1 May until 1 June, and the client then cancels the contract out of the blue, say one week in, can I hold the agency or client liable for my weekly travel ticket?

I usually buy weekly tickets to save money, obviously it is a waste when the client does this. Is there any legal angles I can use?

[SimonMac]

Hi

If I have had a signed contract from an agency for a certain period, say 1 May until 1 June, and the client then cancels the contract out of the blue, say one week in, can I hold the agency or client liable for my weekly travel ticket?

I usually buy weekly tickets to save money, obviously it is a waste when the client does this. Is there any legal angles I can use?

Does the Client pay any travel expenses for you? I would assume no so cancelling the contract would make no difference.

[dynamicsaxcontractor]

Hi

If I have had a signed contract from an agency for a certain period, say 1 May until 1 June, and the client then cancels the contract out of the blue, say one week in, can I hold the agency or client liable for my weekly travel ticket?

I usually buy weekly tickets to save money, obviously it is a waste when the client does this. Is there any legal angles I can use?

I would send an invoice for the expense and see if they pay it...... You have nothing to loose.

And if you are lucky enough they wont pay it and you be a bit safer come to ir35!

[pmeswani]

Hi

If I have had a signed contract from an agency for a certain period, say 1 May until 1 June, and the client then cancels the contract out of the blue, say one week in, can I hold the agency or client liable for my weekly travel ticket?

I usually buy weekly tickets to save money, obviously it is a waste when the client does this. Is there any legal angles I can use?

Nope I Don't think you can. But you can do the following:

Go to where you bought your travelcard and ask for a part refund.
Claim via your Ltd Co 1/7th (or 1/5th whichever is the correct formula) of the total travel costs.

HTH

[TheFaQQer]

If you get nothing back, then at least you can chalk it up as part of an IR35 defence since you took a risk and suffered financially as a result.

[Platypus]

If you get nothing back, then at least you can chalk it up as part of an IR35 defence since you took a risk and suffered financially as a result.

No doubt this would not count, since the invoice was not for WORK done. I reckon.

[BlasterBates]

Getting travel expenses from a client is negative from an IR35 perspective. Being terminated at short notice is positive and will be a plus point.

In any case shouldn't you be working at your business premises?

[JamJarST]

Getting travel expenses from a client is negative from an IR35 perspective. Being terminated at short notice is positive and will be a plus point.

In any case shouldn't you be working at your business premises?

How do you reckon that? I invoice my client for expenses because it is in my contract, they in turn invoice their client, my contract is outside IR35.

[BlasterBates]

That was one of the lessons from Lime IT case. The judge saw it as a plus point.

Lime v Justin 2002

see point 11 in the judges verdict.

Obviously there are lots of positive and negative pointers. You have to weigh them all up.

Always a good idea to shove up your rate a bit to cover travel expenses.

[Wanderer]

I would send an invoice for the expense and see if they pay it...... You have nothing to loose. And if you are lucky enough they wont pay it and you be a bit safer come to ir35!

Go the whole hog and send them an invoice for the entire duration of the 1 month contract....