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Contractor Doctor: Can my client refuse to allow already agreed time off?
Contractors don’t book holidays; they negotiate breaks in service provision or supply a substitute for time off that can’t be taken between contracts.
�the contractor fails to deliver their services as contracted, then the contract terminates immediately. In thi� �ractors should take time off for holidays between contracts to ensure that they deliver their services accord� �ey deliver their services according to what their contract specifies. If this is not possible, then contract�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 07 Jan 2013

Contractor Doctor: Can a restrictive covenant be implied if not in the contract?
There is no reason why contractor contracts should automatically include restrictive covenants implied in the terms, explains Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�s bought by a larger agency. I am now considering contracting direct with the client . However, I have never si� �estrictive covenant is included in all contractor contracts, and there is no legislation requiring the inclus� �me went into receivership after two years and my contract was bought by a larger agency. I am now consideri�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 29 Jan 2013

Contractor Doctor: How does the VAT Flat Rate Scheme work when invoicing EU clients?
Contractors operating the VAT Flat Rate Scheme won’t lose money when invoicing European Union (EU) clients, explains James Abbott of Abbott Moore.
�octor I’ve just started working on a six-month IT contract for a software firm in Dublin. I spend about half�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 19 Feb 2013

Contractor Doctor: No substitution but can hire subcontractor: what’s my IR35 status?
Contractors with client restrictions on rights of substitution may find hiring a subcontractor achieves the same goals.
�e employed Andy Vessey, Qdos Consulting “In a contracting context, the work completed by the sub-contractor� �s’ claims to be working outside IR35 on their own contracts. The implication of the client saying ‘no substit� �hs. Although I have a right of substitution in my contract, my feeling is that the client would baulk at all�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 15 May 2013

Contractor Doctor: If my client blocks a substitution can I claim breach of contract?
Contractors refused their right of substitution may find their client in breach, and termination could be one outcome, says Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�forming the very services that the contractor has contracted to perform; thus the client is preventing the con� �before the contract begins.” Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �stitution provisions in the upper and lower level contracts, and if the client refuses to allow a substitutio� �n , even though it was expressly written into the contract, which leaves me concerned both about fulfilling�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 27 May 2010

Contractor Doctor: Half my contract is onsite and half at home – am I caught by IR35?
Significant variations during a contractor’s contract can lead to different treatment.
�hows significant variations.” Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �new contract drawn up. But whilst the contents of contracts, and contract law, can have a major bearing on th� �games industry and am mid-way through a six-month contract direct with my client. The first three months of�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 09 Jun 2010

Contractor Doctor: My client has asked me to move location – do I have to relocate?
Contractors faced with a client request to change location must review their contract to consider available options, advises Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�identify potential outcomes.” Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �city, the location I agreed to when I signed the contract, it means my commute is fairly straightforward an�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 01 Jul 2010

Contractor Doctor: My fee income has dropped – should I deregister for VAT?
Abbott Moore’s James Abbott explains that contractors should deregister for VAT only when their business has changed focus, or is closing.
�tor, I am an IT contractor trading through my own contracting limited company . I’ve been registered for VAT pr� �ff The VAT on costs, such as accountancy and IR35 contract review fees, can be reclaimed Because most contra�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 29 Jul 2010

Contractor Doctor: We’re divorcing – what happens to our contractor limited company?
David Colom of DJ Colom explains his experience of contractor options when divorce is on the cards for a husband and wife contracting team.
�a divorce. When we do divorce, what happens to my contracting limited company? Thanks Sarah Contractor Doctor s�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 10 Aug 2010

Contractor Doctor: Can my agency insist on paying me only when it has been paid?
Contractors receiving a contract from an agent with a paid-when-paid clause should not initially be concerned, says Parity’s Alan Rommel.
�Dear Contractor Doctor, I’ve only been IT contracting for a year, working through agencies to find my c� �g for a year, working through agencies to find my contracts and trading through my own limited company . I ha� �y own limited company . I have managed to stay in contract during the whole period with what I consider to b�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 12 Aug 2010