I am not Mark Wadsworth
I am in business in a small way. We are a partnership.
Recently we had to dispense with the services of a bloke who worked for us for gross misconduct. He sexually harrassed a lady member of staff and deliberately tried to undermine our business for his personal financial gain. The Lawyers reckon we have an excellent case against him and the Police have warned him regarding the harrassment. But since he worked for us through a private service company, and it has no, assets it is pointless to sue it. In any event we got rid of him and refused to pay him £624 for his last two invoices - since he was not doing much for us at the time.
Anyway, predicatbly he issued a summons for us to pay. We responded on time and exactly as the Court requires, with an excellent defence.
But guess what? The Court cocked up the paperwork! And we have had a judgement entered against us. We have had a stand up row with the Court office but the 'computer says no'. And we are screwed. The Court will not admit that it made an error and we have to go through a whole expensive and time consuming procedure to put it right. So the upshot is that it's better to pay than to fight.
Really, what can you do? The whole bloody State bureaucracy including now the Court 'Service' is utterly F****d. (You may recall that it tried to kill me last year)
Suggestions will be welcomed, up to and not excluding revolution.
Lola
Feeling the wrath of the gods
1 hour ago
10 comments:
Sue HMCS for damages, oh, hang on, Crown Immunity.
1. Don't mess about with one-man companies.
2. Revolution is another option.
Remove Crown Immunity.
MW - I NEVER mess with (contract with) one man companies. But, this bloke had worked for us since 1997!
How come somebody who worked for you for 13 years suddenly "went bad"? Are there two sides to this story?
Decimation for bureaucrats.
Many years ago, the building company I then worked for was hit by a writ from a firm of ambulance chasing lawyers. Allegedly, one of its employees had been involved in an accident on site. Now the man was not an employee, never had been, was employed by a subcontractor, had been repeatedly told not to enter the area where he had the accident, had been repeatedly told to put his hard hat back on (he was hit on the head whilst not wearing it) and had not reported the accident at the time. The company's insurers chose to pay up rather than fight the case.
Assegai Mike - Nope there is no other side. You are more than welcome to read my whole file. However in dealing with his calumny a lot of stuff has come out that indicates that his behaviour was not, as such, out of character. Nevertheless your question is one I keep asking myself.
The real trouble is that I am a hopelessly honest man in a world of liars and incomepetents.
As a precursor to revolution, you could burn the court house down?
what is the justification for crown immunity anyway?
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