Re: Contract Programmer Advice.

In Canada we have small claims court. up to 10,1000$ and it only costs
you 50$ to file a claim. They have to file a defense or settle within 30
days. Usally if they owe you the money it forces them to do something,
either settle or *really* drag it out, but it gets the process moving.

Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote:

>On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:56:56PM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote:
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>>This company doesn't dispute any of my invoices and says they are going to pay
>>me. But they have not yet done so. This company is still in business, and
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>I wouldn't know about your country, whichever that may be, but in the
>Netherlands it only takes two unpaid creditors to request bankruptcy
>for a company with a judge. Bankruptcy is declared when a company no
>longer pays its dues (note that "ability" doesn't come into this), and
>two outstanding debts are the minimum required to establish that.
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>If all else fails, that kind of procedure gives a very strong incentive
>to pay up. Your country may have a similar arrangement.
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>Jeroen
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