Terminating a Contract

[Tommycockles]

Hi

I am 4 months into a 12 month contract and things aren't going as anticipated. I would like to terminate my contract but there strangely doesn't seem to be a termination clause for either party in my contract. So can I hand in my notice? Will I be sued for breach of contract or anything else along those lines?

Cheers

[BolshieBastard]

Hi

I am 4 months into a 12 month contract and things aren't going as anticipated. I would like to terminate my contract but there strangely doesn't seem to be a termination clause for either party in my contract. So can I hand in my notice? Will I be sued for breach of contract or anything else along those lines?

Cheers

No, you cant terminate. Yes, the agent could sue you.

Why sign a 12 month contract without reading the T&C's?

Do you have a subbie clause!?

You're best bet will probably be to negotiate with the agent for you to leave after they get someone else in. They cant make you stay in a role you dont like or may not be suited to but, they can make life uncomfortable for you.

[northernladuk]

How many more people are we going to get in who thing contracting is easy and think they can terminate when they fancy and refuse to read their T&C's before they sign. Contracting is dying faster than the UK IT job market.

[FarmerPalmer]

Does you contract have a mutaility of obligation? It shouldn't.

[Old Greg]

There are lots of options from right of substitution to stopping washing. None of them are very professional but there should be a way out. Why would they want someone who doesn't want to be there?

[SueEllen]

Hi

I am 4 months into a 12 month contract and things aren't going as anticipated. I would like to terminate my contract but there strangely doesn't seem to be a termination clause for either party in my contract.

There will be a termination clause in the client-agency contract so your best bet is for the client to terminate you.

How you achieve this is up to you but I suggest you don't tell the agent how you did this.

[jonson]

are you on weekly or monthly invoicing?

[Wanderer]

I am 4 months into a 12 month contract and things aren't going as anticipated. I would like to terminate my contract but there strangely doesn't seem to be a termination clause for either party in my contract. So can I hand in my notice? Will I be sued for breach of contract or anything else along those lines?

Are you a LTD company, umbrella or self employed? If you are LTD company then there isn't really much point them suing you because you can just close it down and they will get nothing.

Just talk to the client and tell them it's not working out, you are happy to take reasonable steps to do a handover but you are not going to work for them any more. The agency will probably try to bully you by not paying your last invoice or withholding money. Don't stand for it - you are entitled to be paid for the days you work.

[nomadd]

Just talk to the client and tell them it's not working out, you are happy to take reasonable steps to do a handover but you are not going to work for them any more. The agency will probably try to bully you by not paying your last invoice or withholding money. Don't stand for it - you are entitled to be paid for the days you work.

This^

Or just start taking lots of time off sick. (OP: You'd have found that particular trick if northernladuk had told you to Use Search; I don't know, I seem to be filling in for his slip-ups more-and-more these days... )

[pmeswani]

Hi

I am 4 months into a 12 month contract and things aren't going as anticipated. I would like to terminate my contract but there strangely doesn't seem to be a termination clause for either party in my contract. So can I hand in my notice? Will I be sued for breach of contract or anything else along those lines?

Cheers

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