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Previously on "Agent went bust, offers to pay only 30 % of unpaid invoices."
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Originally posted by juststarting View PostTechno , did you not proceed and sue ? Or have you concluded there is no point ? I have..
The liquidators could not establish that the directors had gone against their *legal* requirements as per company law so could not sue personally and as others have said us contractors are at the end of a long list.....
Take the 30% before it is revoked
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostYou can, but you are at the end of the line for payment after the taxman, the banks, the staff and their secured creditors. I suspect 30% is actually quite a good result.
Look on the bright side - it's a good anti-IR35 defence...
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And I'd consider yourself very lucky. I got 0% when an agency i was using went Tulip owing me 15K
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Originally posted by techno View PostI have had an agency go bust on me and let me tell you 30% is a cracking good result, I got 0%.
Take it and move on - as Mal says it is a major positive for IR35
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Originally posted by juststarting View PostMy contract was recently switched to a new agent. Later , It turned out that the old agent were going bust. They are now unable to pay about 1k they owe me and offer to pay only 30 % of this.
When the contract was switched to the new agent we were told the business was “taken over” . Now however it turns out that the old agent is not able to pay off debts to me and probably others.
The letter that they sent me tries to convince me that the 30 % of the owed 1 K is the best I can get , because the “company has no tangible assets” and hence asking for more than that is “ultimately pointless”.
So do I avoid all hassle and swallow down a 700 loss , or hire a solicitor like http://www.thomas-higgins.co.uk/ . ?
I have had an agency go bust on me and let me tell you 30% is a cracking good result, I got 0%.
Take it and move on - as Mal says it is a major positive for IR35
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Originally posted by Crossroads View PostWhat is the legal status of the company that was your "old agent" that your contract was with?
Who has made the offer? What exactly does the letter state? That the 30% is a full and final settlement?
The letter says that the company has ceased to trade but cannot meet its obligations to its creditors. My Co is invited to issue winding up proceedings against them . Else in 90 days the company will be "stuck off" from the Register of Companies...
Frankly I don't think I have the energy to be dealing with all this at the moment... and will take the 30 %..
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The agency couldn;t have gone bust of they are offering to pay 30%. Only a liquidator can do that.
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What is the legal status of the company that was your "old agent" that your contract was with?
Who has made the offer? What exactly does the letter state? That the 30% is a full and final settlement?
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostYou can, but you are at the end of the line for payment after the taxman, the banks, the staff and their secured creditors. I suspect 30% is actually quite a good result.
Look on the bright side - it's a good anti-IR35 defence...
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Originally posted by Bluebird View Posthas the agency gone into receivership?
who has the letter come from?
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has the agency gone into receivership?
who has the letter come from?
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