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I was working (on a sessional basis) for a charity as a Tutor that delivered educational courses. I was contracted to teach a ten week (20 hours in total) course and had signed a contract to that effect.
The sole advertising for this course was on the organisations website and despite repeated requests from myself they failed to advertise the course until just 7 days before its commencement whereas normally it is advertised for at least 5 or 6 weeks prior to the courses commencement, As a result the course failed to recruit sufficiently and the course was cancelled just a couple of days before it was due to commence because of low enrolment numbers.
Would I have a small claims case against them for my course fee given that the course failed to run purely because they failed to advertise it sufficiently? Is this a breach of their side of the contract? Would it be reasonable to argue that they had some sort of commitment to advertise the course well and adequately?
The sole advertising for this course was on the organisations website and despite repeated requests from myself they failed to advertise the course until just 7 days before its commencement whereas normally it is advertised for at least 5 or 6 weeks prior to the courses commencement, As a result the course failed to recruit sufficiently and the course was cancelled just a couple of days before it was due to commence because of low enrolment numbers.
Would I have a small claims case against them for my course fee given that the course failed to run purely because they failed to advertise it sufficiently? Is this a breach of their side of the contract? Would it be reasonable to argue that they had some sort of commitment to advertise the course well and adequately?
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