Question re contract cancelled before started

[d000hg]

But even for the no timesheets idea to work there has to be some agreement some work was done. Can't fall back on this expecting to get paid notice period when The OP never even stepped foot on client site.

I'm not sure. In the B2B world if you had signed a contract to put a team in place then you would have to arrange that team - moving people from other projects, maybe even hiring new staff to be in place on day 1, as well as turning down other work since your resources were committed on the new project.

Or would even that case be just sour grapes?

[northernladuk]

I'm not sure. In the B2B world if you had signed a contract to put a team in place then you would have to arrange that team - moving people from other projects, maybe even hiring new staff to be in place on day 1, as well as turning down other work since your resources were committed on the new project.

Or would even that case be just sour grapes?

This is very true and would probably be the case in larger contracts where that amount of loss could be proven without question. Money has been spent as well so easier to prove. Loss of potential earnings isn't though.