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Contractor Doctor: How do I handle hostility from my client’s permanent employees?
Contractors countering hostility from their client's employees can adopt a range of strategies to help defuse the situation.
�ractor Doctor I recently started work on a new IT contract for a financial sector client. The team was assem�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 24 Oct 2013

Contractor Doctor: Does signing a new contract after one goes cold put me in breach?
Contractors whose contract terms are changed by an agency are unlikely to be in breach if they accept another contract, says Egos’s Roger Sinclair.
�Dear Contractor Doctor I signed a new contract with an agency to begin on 2nd July. One week lat�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 31 Jul 2013

Contractor Doctor: How can I stay under the VAT threshold when using subcontractors?
Contractors working on one-off major projects that require sub-contracting may be able to avoid registering for VAT, says Abbott Moore’s James Abbott.
�company and register it for VAT to manage the new contract, but must be able to demonstrate that is a genuin�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 15 May 2014

Contractor Doctor: Can I employ my children via my company?
Limited company contractors can employ children over the age of 13, but there are marginal tax benefits & many pitfalls, says InTouch’s Clare Rickman.
�site and start publishing a blog to help win more contracts, particularly as my skills are quite specialist.�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 03 Sept 2014

Contractor Doctor: Do I need to give notice if there is no written contract?
Contractors can’t just quit a role, even if there is no written contract. There may be an implied termination clause, explains Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�Dear Contractor Doctor I’ve been contracting for my former employer for several years. When I� �no contract in place. Under UK contract law, most contracts do not have to be in writing or signed. Was there� �ing a contractor, we never got round to signing a contract – there was always something else that came up an�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 06 Oct 2014

Contractor Doctor: Do contract terms still apply if I start the contract early?
Contractors requested & agreeing to start work on a contract early are likely to find that all the terms will apply, explains Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�d? “Many of the cases that cover the formation of contracts go back to the nineteenth century,” continues Sin� �Dear Contractor Doctor I recently won a new IT contract that was originally due to start about a month af�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 15 Oct 2014

Contractor Doctor: I was injured on contract then terminated. What are my options?
Compensation prospects for contractors suffering an injury in their client’s workplace depend on establishing fault, explains Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�ive 50% of the compensation.” Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �ed company , and have been working on a six-month contract with the same client. I recently sustained an inj�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 04 May 2012

Contractor Doctor: Can I sue my agency if it gets fired by the client?
Contractors may have grounds to take legal action if their contract is terminated because the client fires the agency, says Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�ng professional legal advice. Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �ontractor Doctor, I’ve just had my IT development contract terminated. I was on a good rate and the contract�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 25 May 2012

Contractor Doctor: Can another contractor fire me?
Contractors can’t be fired, only terminated if in breach of contract; contractor project managers are unlikely to have the power to terminate alone.
�nies ). So, they don’t get fired, they have their contracts for services terminated , and if unfairly termina� �appy with my performance, having twice renewed my contract. However, my project manager, another contractor,�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 12 Nov 2012

Contractor Doctor: Must I contract with an agency that first sent my CV to a client?
Contractors proposed to the same client by two different agencies may not be required to contract with the first agency, says Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�hen any provisions preventing the contractor from contracting with the client except through the first agency m� �own limited company . As I’m currently in-between contracts, I recently received a call from one agency offer� �cently received a call from one agency offering a contract at £300 a day and asking if I could attend an int�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 19 Sept 2012