Help please legal experts
Disclaimer - I'm pretty sure I am legally obliged to pay but am really pissed off about circumstances so wondered if there was an option at all? Also - long to get full timeline but will try to make it easy to read.
Dd2 is 5 and starting reception in Sept.
School doesn't start til 12th Sept, so plan was to keep her in private nursery until 10th Sept, have 1 day at home then start school. I knew that she would not be at nursery 10th Aug-1st Sept but wanted to keep her place so was willing to pay.
As such 1 month notice due 9th Aug.
30th June letter from owners, pre-school building sold - effective 31st July, children transferring to other building, no other changes.
(They gave exactly one month notice, my plans for notice period didn't need to change)
Today while I am on holiday I find out that owners have issued another letter saying whole nursery will close 30th Aug - again they have given exactly the right amount of notice contractually.
However, I now only need their service until 9th Aug because they will no longer be available in Sept but am out of the window to give them 1 months notice of her finishing on 9th Aug, which I would have done (and had an extra month to make alternative arrangements) if they had given all the facts in 30th June letter.
Legal question - have I got any grounds to only pay up to 9th August??? If so, what wording can I use in my email (am on holiday so can't do letter).
Finally as they split the government funding over 12 months for full time children can I ask for fee adj for Aug?