Sounds like you have pretty good advice so far. I would consider changing
the ftp password but I don't know how lawful that is if its the clients
hosting account.

To prevent situations like these I require a down payment to even start and
incremental payments as milestones are met. This allows either party to quit
early without defaulting on the contract.

Further, I host all of my clients sites free for 3 months. It's a nice
gesture up front plus the site technically remains my property.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Piers Cowburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've been in this situation before and done the same as Paul, it ended up
> going to a small claims court and the client didn't even turn up for the
> hearing. I got paid and the costs were covered by the client.
>
> Piers
>
>
>
> On 8 Dec 2008, at 11:38, Paul Steven wrote:
>
>  Hi Stephen
>>
>> I had a similar situation about a year ago and in this case I had no
>> contract but just emails from the client agreeing on the cost for the
>> work.
>>
>> Anyway I simply made a claim via
>> https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco2/index.jsp and I won my case. It was
>> really simple and will cost you nothing as you get all your costs paid for
>> by the customer if you win.
>>
>> I would be reluctant to take the site down as doing so will then mean the
>> customer has nothing to pay for. By leaving the site up and running, you
>> have fulfilled your obligations.
>>
>> Anyway good luck!!
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen
>> Matthews
>> Sent: 08 December 2008 11:03
>> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
>> Subject: [Flashcoders] My rights - site not paid for.
>>
>> 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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