signed contract got less money from them in bank can still take to court

willywonka1

If you have signed a contract, and you can see that they are not going to contract, and say they are going to pay you less than what was said, if they send this money and it goes in my bank account, can I still take them to court, and dispute the amount of money they should have given me and why they broke contract?

dunstonh

Can you edit that so it is easier to understand?

eskbanker

It sounds like you're envisaging that a company (or other party) could potentially achieve some sort of indemnity from a breach of contract claim by making a partial payment, which, if you think about it in those terms, would be pretty ridiculous! What's the scenario here?

G_M

willywonka1 wrote: »

If you have signed a contract, and you can see that they are not going to contract, and say they are going to pay you less than what was said, if they send this money and it goes in my bank account, can I still take them to court, and dispute the amount of money they should have given me and why they broke contract?

Yes. You can.

Write to the company thanking them for partial payment. Tell them you expect to receive the outstanding amount of £x in your account within another 7 days.

Head your letter "Letter Before Action".

After 7 days, commence a legal action here.

Of course, this assumes you have a good case:

* evidence of the contract, clearly showing how much you are owed and for what
* evidence that you completed whatever the contract required you to do/provide