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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    I just don't like bullies and for a company with such a huge turnover to treat small consultancies like this is just disgusting. I was NEVER going to back down. I have a wide network, and quite a few of those have been keeping abreast of developments, and the self harm to the companies...
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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    Good Morning All, I thought it would be a good idea to update this thread, which started when my contract was wrongly terminated in early November. The contract was meant to be a consultancy, SoW based, arrangement where the Agency, playing at being a consultancy, engaged with an end client...
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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    Thank you
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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    Doing work to appropriate standards is not an issue. The landscape in the end client is dire, almost without any good governance or standards. In my case, the issue is more that my work wouldn't be of the kind that pops out neat little boilerplate docs on a weekly basis. But would it deliver...
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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    East Sussex.
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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    Thanks both, but I am well aware of realities, I've been freelance for over 30 years now, my post was just to ask for any tips for a good solicitor/legal firm who understand contractor work to sense check my position. Certainly not looking for free internet legal advice. As you both highlight...
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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    I don't necessarily disagree with you. I've been in this game a very long time, but in my case there's 30 days work not paid for, regardless of notice.
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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    Thanks for the quick response. It's tricky to answer your question simply. Basically a number of consultants were engaged by the "consultancy arm" of an agency to work on a programme with an end client. The idea being that all the contracts were Work package based. The contract said that the...
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    Legal Advice on contract issues with Agency

    Hi All, I have a problem with a recent contract that was terminated by the client wrongfully. Now they are just ignoring me, clearly hoping I'll go away. I have to say that I've never seen an Agency behaving like this one in several decades of contracting. I've done my own research into the...
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    HMRC list of dodgy tax avoidance schemes

    I love how on that page, there are quotes by HMRC saying how they issue market wide guidance on dodgy schemes. Seriously, how often does anyone here see unsolicited publicity direct from HMRC to stay away from dodgy schemes?
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    Response time for representations against APN

    I've been advised in a different thread that open years/queries have no time limits for HMRC. What do the APN's relate to? Presumably loans. The key question is what years do they relate to? HMRC do have fixed time limits that they have to work to, if they want to open an enquiry, but those...
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    Historical EBT Loans Current View on Legal Position

    I've summarised my own thoughts in a separate update to my original post, but I think you're right, and there are no viable options left, save paying for expensive professional advice that will likely make little difference. I am a bit hacked off at recently receiving a determination after an...
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    Historical EBT Loans Current View on Legal Position

    I thought I might as well crystallise my own thoughts, as there has not been much input to my original query. This is just my personal view of the current status on EBT loans and ongoing determinations being issued by HMRC, and not in any way a formal legal opinion. I am inclined to not see any...
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    Historical EBT Loans Current View on Legal Position

    Completely understand, it's undoubtedly a lot of effort keeping an eye on these forums. I had hoped for wider input from others impacted like myself, but if folk aren't searching much for this subject now, that's understandable.
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