Cancelled a contract and now they want to charge me 100%

[littlemissbossy]

ok I agreed a contract for my work, signed a faxed agreement which did not state any terms other than it would be offered to someone else if I didn't pay them within 28 days - I cancelled the agreement and then discovered that the cancellation fee - I expected that there would be one - is 100%!
The terms and conditions of the agreement would have been on the reverse of the order - but I didn't have the original only a fax, so no terms IYSWIM.

Where do I stand? anyone?
TIA

thanks wheresthevalium
how do I get copies of cases?

Giggles, no worries

Any A level law book will have them, could you get to a library and copy?

I can't find a decent link at the moment, but I'm sure if you google the names you will be able to find a case report. TBH just bandying around the case names should be enough to get them to back down.

Also under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 19??, I would have thought that a 100% cancellation fee was unfair?

Not to mention that it doesn't sound as if the terms were included in the contract, and you don't have a long history of dealing with this company on those terms.

I've sent them a letter today with an offer of 40% and quoting the cases - hope it works, thanks