Hi Stephen,
Here in Holland we have something called 'terms and conditions' for
freelancers, which you have to make legal with an notary.
This is a document which basically protects you from this kind of
stuff, and this document can be taken to court if it ever comes to this.
If you don't have this, it is a good thing to have, you probably have
the same thing in the UK, and its well worth the money. (converted it
costs about 300 pounds)
If you made a contract with this person, and you both singed it, by
law he is bound by it. (And legal steps can be under taken when broken).
If you don't have a contract, your basically fucked. Plain and simple.
Even though a verbal agreement is also legal binding it is very hard
to prove.
first thing you can do is send another invoice after about 4 weeks, if
he doesn't respond to it, call him and say you will place and 'under
construction' banner on the site, and that you will change the ftp
password ( but dont do this just jet), if he still doesn't respond use
an agency to collect the outstanding invoice (don't know what they are
called in engish) if he still doesn't respond, place that
'underconstruction banner' online.
Hope this helps,
Good luck with it!
Sid
On Dec 8, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Stephen Matthews wrote:
What are my rights ( in the UK ) for taking down a site which has
not been paid for?
The owner of the company is happy with his site, but is not coughing
up.
I still have FTP access.
He says the site took too long, and makes lots of excuses for not
paying - which do not tally.
He changed the site drastically at least three times - I think it
took too long too, due to this.
He is updating the news section and other sections whenever he has
new material.
I would be interested in your thoughts.
This person won an award for being a top business man this year - is
this what you have to do to be a top business man - screw people?
I am not the kind of person to take this action really, but I may
consider it.
Thanks
S
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