Breach of contract - can I sue?

somethingcorporate

The value of the posts you got here was commensurate with the financial benefit you gave to those that offered it.

If you want specific legal advice go and see a lawyer.

Unfortunately for you what one judge agrees with another can throw out. The court you went to sets no precedents so it only the judge's individual opinion of the law. Ironically enough, if you look at a lot of cases you will see judges can and often come to the 100% different conclusion to previous judges.

Your thread only goes to highlight that you probably shouldn't be in business if that is how you treat your customers.

And whilst you may think not having cancellation terms in a contract is a good thing you had to go through a lot of pain and effort to enforce something which could have been cleared up in minutes with a well written contract rather than the hours of effort you have evidently been through.

Edit: thanks for coming back to update but it hardly makes you judge and jury over every contract that has ever been written and you are now hardly an authority on the subject - so posting like you are one makes you come across like an arrogant know-it-all.

lovinituk

George_McW wrote: »

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Wow, what an arrogant individual!! Perhaps OP you should take some of your own advice and....

George_McW wrote: »

please don't post again.

pitkin2020

Whilst you won this case it would still be worth while drafting up a proper set of terms and conditions so your customers can see in black and white EXACTLY what is expected of them and how they will be treated and how much they will still need to pay should they require to cancel. From your initial threads it appears that there isn't anything formal and your attitude is just to sue if they wish to cancel at a late stage and not pay. Whilst you may do well off this for a few months it will leave you with a very bad reputation in the future especially if your business practices aren't transparent and you just sue people. Think about who your clients are as word can spread very quickly of gun hoe entertainment companies!!

A lot of people are becoming more and more aware of consumer law (sometimes they get it wrong) but people are now more aware of the way things should work and actually take more time to read the small print as they want to know what will happen in all eventualities. Too many people jump to the suing stage without really thinking of the impact down the line, whilst you may have got your £500 back from the courts you may have lost a few thousand in future from the bad press the people you sued will now give you. I'm not saying you should forfeit your rights for breach of contract but you do have to think of the future consequences.