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I always come back here when I need great advice and have gotten loads in the past so thank you.
I am after some advice about charging interest on an overdue invoice and the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013
The situation is as follows:
I am self-employed and have been working for a partially sighted guy for the past 18 months on and off. I have been his Personal Assistant and helping him with admin work that he needs doing because of his partial sight-loss. I also do other general tasks such as taking him to health appointments, shopping, eating out etc.
He recently sacked me because I refused to pay a laptop repair bill of £45 that he was not happy with stating that because I recommended the guy to fix it I should feel obliged to pay for it. He then went on to say that the gardening I did back in May was not satisfactory because weeds had grown back and I should offer to take £10 off my invoice for this work. Again I refused.
Since then the emails have been getting quite derogatory and really slating me as a person and a PA. I have ignored all emails which he does not like so he sent one today saying that he will not be able to pay my June invoices until 14th August as the new PA he has coming on board is taking some holiday.
I know that he is capable of processing the invoices without a PA's help but I am sure he will claim that because of his sight he would need a PA to check it first for him.
The situation is basically that I want to play him at his own game as he is the sort of person that would be fuming if someone told him they could not pay him on time and he would seek retribution. He has various legal battles on his hands with all manner of companies and his basic thought is that if a service provider does not perform they should offer him some monetary compensation and that is what he is trying to get from me. I need to do this legally though as I am sure he would spend some time "googling" what my rights are.
I have looked on the Direct Gov website and it mentions that I could claim "Interest on late commercial payments".
The invoices are not due until the end of the month but I want to pre-empt him not paying on time by telling him what I can legally do so I need to know if I can charge him interest on the invoices if they are not paid on time. This should provoke him into paying on time as he would not want to pay the interest or do anything illegal (I am sure).
Can anyone help me with this as I am unsure as to whether the same "rules/law" apply with me being self-employed and working for an individual, not a company.
Thanks in advance.
I always come back here when I need great advice and have gotten loads in the past so thank you.
I am after some advice about charging interest on an overdue invoice and the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013
The situation is as follows:
I am self-employed and have been working for a partially sighted guy for the past 18 months on and off. I have been his Personal Assistant and helping him with admin work that he needs doing because of his partial sight-loss. I also do other general tasks such as taking him to health appointments, shopping, eating out etc.
He recently sacked me because I refused to pay a laptop repair bill of £45 that he was not happy with stating that because I recommended the guy to fix it I should feel obliged to pay for it. He then went on to say that the gardening I did back in May was not satisfactory because weeds had grown back and I should offer to take £10 off my invoice for this work. Again I refused.
Since then the emails have been getting quite derogatory and really slating me as a person and a PA. I have ignored all emails which he does not like so he sent one today saying that he will not be able to pay my June invoices until 14th August as the new PA he has coming on board is taking some holiday.
I know that he is capable of processing the invoices without a PA's help but I am sure he will claim that because of his sight he would need a PA to check it first for him.
The situation is basically that I want to play him at his own game as he is the sort of person that would be fuming if someone told him they could not pay him on time and he would seek retribution. He has various legal battles on his hands with all manner of companies and his basic thought is that if a service provider does not perform they should offer him some monetary compensation and that is what he is trying to get from me. I need to do this legally though as I am sure he would spend some time "googling" what my rights are.
I have looked on the Direct Gov website and it mentions that I could claim "Interest on late commercial payments".
The invoices are not due until the end of the month but I want to pre-empt him not paying on time by telling him what I can legally do so I need to know if I can charge him interest on the invoices if they are not paid on time. This should provoke him into paying on time as he would not want to pay the interest or do anything illegal (I am sure).
Can anyone help me with this as I am unsure as to whether the same "rules/law" apply with me being self-employed and working for an individual, not a company.
Thanks in advance.
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