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Advice would be greatly appreciated.
Part of my compromise was not to get in touch with any client I have been in contact within the last year or work for any competitor for a certain length of time. 3 weeks after this deadline passed I did join a competitor as I have a wife, children and a mortgage to provide for, this is the only career I have known for the last twenty years or so, hence why I joined a major competitor.
The whole thing was a set up in the first place hence why I was offered a compromise as they broke lots of employment and HR rules and I threatened to resign and take them to court. They wrote me a 6 month tax free cheque so I took the money and ran.
Now had a big rambling folder sent to me accusing other people in my own office saying derogatory comments about my ex employer which in turn according to them means I have given the other staff at my new company inside information, which in turn according to them means I am in breach of my compromise, so they are threating me with repayment of the full amount plus all court and solicitor costs plus loss of business !!! They have stated that a lady in our office was talking to a company who had used my old employer for the last few years and she made derogatory comments about them !! This company relayed the so called comments back to my old employer.
They are also accusing me of stealing their databases, although they have zero evidence to back this up. All the accusations in the folder are "in their opinion"
They have not accused me as an actual individual of doing anything wrong at all, it is all via this other staff member !! They have stated in "their opinion" I have stolen databases and pricing information from them. Again ZERO evidence is supplied to back up this fact.
The have sent me papers with high court prosecution folder sworn statements, signed afidavitts etc etc etc , they even have admitted within the folder of calling my present employer, pretending to be a client and asking for me in person to call them back !!
The high court papers don't have any court case dates on them apart from on their own application form to the high court which states 5th November 2014.
Should I be worried, or is it all idle threats to scare me and to make me run up huge solicitor bills ???
On my parents life I do not have a shred of documentation from my old company, everything I have is in my head !!!
What do I do, as I don't have thousands of pounds in a pot of money to spend on solicitor bills, or is this the game they are playing with me ????
Part of my compromise was not to get in touch with any client I have been in contact within the last year or work for any competitor for a certain length of time. 3 weeks after this deadline passed I did join a competitor as I have a wife, children and a mortgage to provide for, this is the only career I have known for the last twenty years or so, hence why I joined a major competitor.
The whole thing was a set up in the first place hence why I was offered a compromise as they broke lots of employment and HR rules and I threatened to resign and take them to court. They wrote me a 6 month tax free cheque so I took the money and ran.
Now had a big rambling folder sent to me accusing other people in my own office saying derogatory comments about my ex employer which in turn according to them means I have given the other staff at my new company inside information, which in turn according to them means I am in breach of my compromise, so they are threating me with repayment of the full amount plus all court and solicitor costs plus loss of business !!! They have stated that a lady in our office was talking to a company who had used my old employer for the last few years and she made derogatory comments about them !! This company relayed the so called comments back to my old employer.
They are also accusing me of stealing their databases, although they have zero evidence to back this up. All the accusations in the folder are "in their opinion"
They have not accused me as an actual individual of doing anything wrong at all, it is all via this other staff member !! They have stated in "their opinion" I have stolen databases and pricing information from them. Again ZERO evidence is supplied to back up this fact.
The have sent me papers with high court prosecution folder sworn statements, signed afidavitts etc etc etc , they even have admitted within the folder of calling my present employer, pretending to be a client and asking for me in person to call them back !!
The high court papers don't have any court case dates on them apart from on their own application form to the high court which states 5th November 2014.
Should I be worried, or is it all idle threats to scare me and to make me run up huge solicitor bills ???
On my parents life I do not have a shred of documentation from my old company, everything I have is in my head !!!
What do I do, as I don't have thousands of pounds in a pot of money to spend on solicitor bills, or is this the game they are playing with me ????
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