Can you start tomorrow

[Hiram King Of Tyre]

Qdos review done, some changes made to the contract as a result and everything is hunky dory

[BlasterBates]

If you do work you are entitled to payment. If an agent were to lie, that's fraud, not just a business dispute.

I wouldn't have any qualms about doing it.

Just following up the theoretical "agency denies it scenario", the client isn't going to lie to Mr PC Plod.

Getting you to work a few days and then deciding not to pay is equivalent to doing a runner in a restaurant.

[vetran]

If you do work you are entitled to payment. If an agent were to lie, that's fraud, not just a business dispute.

I wouldn't have any qualms about doing it.

Just following up the theoretical "agency denies it scenario", the client isn't going to lie to Mr PC Plod.

Getting you to work a few days and then deciding not to pay is equivalent to doing a runner in a restaurant.

No it isn't, its a few days free consultancy before they hire you. Now prove that wasn't what was agreed.

[BlasterBates]

No it isn't, its a few days free consultancy before they hire you. Now prove that wasn't what was agreed.

....was the restaurant owner offering a free meal as a promotion?

....did the housowner invite him in and gave him the telly?

and why are you now at the police station if you offered your services for free?

Sure theoretically an agent could brazen it out and maybe could swing it, put the point is this isn't fraudester and neither is the client and no-one is going to lie, because if a PC plod start appearing around the client or agency asking uncomfortable questions they'd be out of their jobs.

Lets put it this way I think it is highly unlikely that if you start before the ink is on your contract that the client and agency will do a runner or lie about you not working, when you did.