This post is about a guy who sacked my firm without the 1 month notice in the terms and conditions and is refusing to pay late fees and breach of contract fees. I have a commercial cleaning firm and was cleaning his office. He also refuses to pay late fees. He has been absolutely horrible with me and by breaching the contract has meant that my cleaner did not get transferred to the new company. She is a lovely girl and at 19 this was her very first job. He treated her like dirt and was so offhand she threatened to leave.
I have got a debt recovery agency involved which has cost me £120 in one off admin fees and now I have to pay an additional £53 as he is refusing to pay their charge of 15% of the debt plus vat. He is claiming we breached the contract by poor cleaning standards but I did most of it myself and worked one hell of a lot of unpaid overtime and I have never had complaints before.
He is refusing to pay £293.50 breach of contract fee and £30 of late payment penalties.
The debt collection agency have advised my only option now is the small claims court. Do I have a case? Should I go for it? I want to make a rationally minded decision, not a hot headed emotionally motivated decision as I am furious about this.