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Doctor in need of emergency treatment!!!

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  • Doctor in need of emergency treatment!!!

    Hello
    Long story but im basically a naive entry into the food industry from the medical sector. My eventual plan is to open my own restaurant but in the meanwhile I started taking over the kitchen of a bar next to my house.
    I was warned about the owner before since he owns many bars and is notoriously untrustworthy. Often such "pop up" arrangements are informal but because of what i heard I got a lawyer friend of mine to set up a basic contract. She herself works in another legal field.
    The background:
    1) I was told by the owner that the bar was selling around 1k of food a week, unfortunately I was naive not to have this in writing but his secretary was there when he said it (wether she would testify against him is another question). I have since found out they were doing £2-300 a week.
    2) The initial plan was to give them a 25% cut as payment for using the kitchen but then he said that another food operator had just offered him £420 a week for the same bar but would give me first refusals. I again naively agreed to it (I since have contacted that other food operator who said he is lying and he told them the same thing- that I had offered him 420/week but they wisely saw through it and rejected this as being too costly)
    The terms of the contract say that I have to give a 30 day notice which ends on the 15th (and I have paid up to the 8th). It also states that i have to "invoice them on a weekly basis for the food sales which would be reconciled by them and paid". I now see that this was too vague because it doesnt specifically say that they have to pay it within X amount of time depending on how you interpret it. I understand that the "default" is 30 days.
    He is now asking for another 420 for the 9th-16th BUT he still hasnt paid me my invoices for the 1st 2 weeks. I put a "to be paid in 7 working days" on the invoice and have emailed him several times about this and he refuses to even acknowledge the question and keeps on asking about the final payment. I have just sent an email saying that we need to clarify this issue before I can proceed and if he doesnt respond to me again I will look into stopping trading.
    My worry is that I keep on invetsing money on premium food and labour but I havent had anything back yet and I suspect he may try and find some excuse to hold onto most or some of the money which is why im cautious about continuing past the period I have paid to. All the sales go through his till so I guess one way he could do this is to tamper with the figures about how much food sales I made even though I kept my own record.
    I want to get out of this place as soon as possible even though sales have been markedly improving over the weeks.
    Should I pay for another week and continue trading till the end of my notice period on the 15th and then "hope" i get all the money back from him. Or should I stop trading from the 8th even though that could possibly be breach of contract?
    And yes, I know I should have got a proper contract by a contract lawyer but I cant do anything about that now!
    Thanks in advance guys!
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    Re: Doctor in need of emergency treatment!!!

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    Hi pops1980 ... I'm just bumping your post up for you (it must have slipped through when we had lots of new comments/threads :sorry I'm sure someone will be along soon to give you some advice!

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      Re: Doctor in need of emergency treatment!!!

      Just tell him to take his money out of what he owes you.
      Then get out of there and find alternative employment.
      Next time you go into a business transaction, make sure you get every little detail down in writing.
      Good luck.
      “The only man who sticks closer to you in adversity more than a friend, is a creditor.”

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