payment of weekly invoice stops

[northernladuk]

The first action should be to look for another contract, since at the moment there is a realistic chance you will be paid, but not certainty.

A lot depends upon how much they need your work.

If they will suffer serious and immediate impact, then saying "I'm going home now, let me know when it is sorted" will get it sorted.

Notice I say "immediate impact", like the servers just stopping.

It is not enough that your departure will cost them money, because that will just arm one side in the squabble with "an now it is costing us £X and you may end up reinforcing the idiot who is stopping you being paid."

I do think as has already been mentioned the OP needs to understand his situation better and which budget is being argued over. I came to find this thread again as exactly the same has just happened to me this morning. I have just had a chat with two client budget holders and my contact at the consultancy I am actually billing as neither of the two managers can agree which budget I should sit under due to a restructure. My situation is pure politics. Someone will have to pay, that isn't a problem, it is just who. No indication whatsoever that this affects the contract or their ability to pay so am quite comfortable with the situation. It may result in a slight delay in payment which I (depending on timescales of course) would be willing to swallow for the client so we can all get it sorted. Simples, just a political hiccup, nothing more.

The OP needs to understand his situation better before he takes any of the advice given. If it is pure internal politics then keep an eye on it and don't worry, his contract is still binding and must be honoured. He should know from the conversations if this is final or not. Understand the situation then make a decision. Don't go in with a knee jerk reaction until the situation is fully understood.

[Safe Collections]

The OP needs to understand his situation better before he takes any of the advice given. If it is pure internal politics then keep an eye on it and don't worry, his contract is still binding and must be honoured. He should know from the conversations if this is final or not. Understand the situation then make a decision. Don't go in with a knee jerk reaction until the situation is fully understood.

Best advice on the thread, keep your cool and try and find out exactly what is going on. Our only caveat would be:

his contract is still binding and must be honoured

Assuming of course the company is solvent, a binding contract wont help if they haven't got any money

You did get a credit report on the client didn't you?

[northernladuk]

Assuming of course the company is solvent, a binding contract wont help if they haven't got any money

You did get a credit report on the client didn't you?

Indeed but that has never been mentioned or hinted in the OP's post so we can only assume this isn't the case here but always worthwhile to bear this in mind when starting with any client, whatever size.