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A guide for contractors: terminating a contract
There are a number of issues contractors should be aware of if they choose to terminate their contracts.
�yden notes a recent trend in which agents propose contracts which cannot be terminated by the contractor. ''T� �Your contract with any client or agent should include a clause�
Category: Articles: Legal | Thu, 31 May 2007

When contractors dispute working hours with clients
Some clients will simply pile on working hours without any consideration about what you've agreed to in the contract. Others will just add a few extra here and there. What are your rights?
�happens all the time without regard to journalist contracts--and you have to accept that as part of the job.� �ained by David Royden, a a lawyer specialising in contract law with Laytons Solicitors in Manchester: ''Your�
Category: Articles: Legal | Fri, 29 Jun 2007

Legal issues for contractors and agents
What are your legal options when you work with agents? This article follows the process through from the first contact to termination.
�David Royden-Laytons Solicitors Or the agent has contracted with you for 12 months, but the job is only going� �remember: this is not a binding offer. '' Verbal contracts are valid, but it is very difficult to prove what� �tact-First Legal Issue You start out by finding a contract via an ad on a job board and you contact the agen�
Category: Articles: Legal | Tue, 17 Jul 2007

Can agencies change contractor contracts midstream?
Suppose the client wants to change the conditions of your contract? You should be reasonable, but you do have rights.
�ith Layton's Solicitors in Manchester explains: ''Contracts that are in force can only be changed by mutual a� �ther work that is not necessarily included in the contract? Managing Expectations Typically, this will invol�
Category: Articles: Legal | Thu, 26 Jul 2007

Can contractors cut out their agent?
Maybe you can, legally, cut out the agent, but it's probably not a good idea. Changing agencies at the clients request is a better proposition.
�playing with fire. There are three points in the contract process in which you will be offered this choice.�
Category: Articles: Legal | Wed, 01 Aug 2007

How contractors should handle restrictive covenants: part 1 - the agencies
Many contracts between contractors and agencies include clauses called restrictive covenants: they prevent the contractor from working directly for the client and some others. Here's how they work.
�Many contracts between contractors and agencies include clauses� �client and other related organisations after the contract period is over. Their purpose is to protect the a�
Category: Articles: Legal | Tue, 02 Oct 2007

How contractors should handle restrictive covenants: part 2 - the law
This is a largely untested area of contract law. But the law is broadly against restraint of trade in any form, so the burden of proof is on those who are defending restrictive covenants.
�Many contractor contracts include restrictive covenants which prohibit the� �nd increase their margins of profit, or to change contract conditions. This isn't legitimate, and please see�
Category: Articles: Legal | Thu, 04 Oct 2007

The benefits of hiring an expert contractor
The benefits a contractor can bring to a client’s organisation are huge and include new skills and flexibility that permanent employees cannot match.
�of benefits to the client organisations they are contracted by. Most notably, they can be picked up and put d� �ntractors cite the main reason they started their contracting career was to get away from office politics and a� �ing the services of a supplier and not starting a contract of employment with an employee. Employees have ri�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Wed, 16 Dec 2009

Renewing a contractors contract
Contractors do not have to renew their contract when it ends, so a client wanting to keep their good contractors should start negotiating early.
�from spending more than a certain period of time contracting for that client, or from having more than a certa� �obligation to accept a renewal or extension of a contract. Equally, clients do not have to offer the contra�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 10 Nov 2009

Terminating a contractor
All contractor contracts finish eventually, but there may be reasons why a client wishes to end a contract early, before the contracted end-date.
�Contractor contracts have a start date, which is when the contractor b� �t if the two parties have not agreed to renew the contract. However, there may be reasons why a client wants�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 17 Nov 2009