Renewing contract - Only Service Agreement provided?

**tractor** · 26 February 2015, 13:31

Originally posted by unprogram View Post

Hi I offered renew my LTD contract but only for an extra month to complete a handover .

However the new contract that has been sent out is only one page - the 'Service Agreement' . The rest of the contract that I had before is missing.

Is this legal or do I need to see the full contract before signing??

I should add that with the previous contract I read through every clause the wording was all over the place - one weeks notice here /one month notice on the service agreement. I also ended up signing it and dating it after the contract had started as they forgot about me

I want to leave on good terms but I don't really trust this company I am contracting with - they seem a bit shoddy.

It's not shoddy, it is usuall practice to only update the schedule at renewal unless there are specific reasons to update the contract. This is why the salient (operational) points of the contract are contained in the first schedule issued with the original contract. The inference being that nothing in the contract has changed only the start/end/rate/location etc.

**northernladuk** · 26 February 2015, 13:35

By turning up on the first day of the new gig all parties will still be tied to the last lot of agreements signed so they are still in effect. I forget the exact term. I implied contract?

**northernladuk** · 26 February 2015, 13:36

I don't think it's implied but it's standard practice anyway..

**TheFaQQer** · 26 February 2015, 13:52

Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

I don't think it's implied but it's standard practice anyway..

Acceptance via conduct.

See Brogden's case for the precedent.

**unprogram** · 26 February 2015, 14:42

Originally posted by tractor View Post

It's not shoddy, it is usuall practice to only update the schedule at renewal unless there are specific reasons to update the contract. This is why the salient (operational) points of the contract are contained in the first schedule issued with the original contract. The inference being that nothing in the contract has changed only the start/end/rate/location etc.

Ah ok, I have never had this before in any previous contract renewal with a number of agencies, I've always been given the full contract to sign.

I have not started this renewal yet and won't without signing it. I should not have done that last time but luckily I got away with it.

**TheFaQQer** · 26 February 2015, 14:45

Originally posted by unprogram View Post

I should not have done that last time but luckily I got away with it.

The case which determined that contracts could be accepted via conduct was determined in 1877. Relying on established case law which has been around for 137 years doesn't seem to be "lucky" - what was special about your case that you think you were lucky to get away with it?

**unprogram** · 26 February 2015, 15:48

This is starting to deviate from my original question , but thanks for all the replies.

I did not know just resigning the service agreement was legally binding - thank you for your advice.

Renewing contract - Only Service Agreement provided?