Re: UKNM: Deja vu (rant status 1)

[Lois Grayson]

Lesley I so agree


Had I been in at the outset I would have insisted on a lawyer drafted

contract. Until the shit hit I assumed they had one. My knowledge of the

individuals concerned leads me to think that :

a) this was the biggest thing they'd ever done so enthusiasm won over common

sense

b) they have personal 'friendships' at senior level and were probably

emotionally blackmailed into believing a contract would not be necessary


c) they only use lawyers to fight rearguard actions

d)they control costs in the weirdest ways so they probably considered

lawyers' fees as an unecessary expense


Legal money spent upfront is insurance; it costs far less paying before the

eevnt than after


I've run out of sympathy. I offered to cut my retainer in half for a few

months as part of a plan to cut costs and so save at least one job. They

took my offer up but fired everyone anyway (but strangely we're still

arguing about whether the now empty overflow office should go).


I give up - Monday I blamed the client, today I blame the management


Life goes on


Lois


Leslie wrote:


'And that's why it is important to always make sure you have a contract and

more importantly get yourself a decent lawyer to read/draft the contract in

the first place. For the sake of �200/�250 an hour, it is money well spent

as it can avoid all horrible things in the future.


why didn't your client negotiate an out clause?'



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