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If you take any of these actions (specially the "other stuff") you'll open yourself to criminal and civil prosecution including damages, defamation and cyber cr

If you take any of these actions (specially the "other stuff") you'll open yourself to criminal and civil prosecution including damages, defamation and cyber crimes. You need legal assistance. Maybe you can start here: http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/work_e/work_rights_at_work_e/basic_rights_at_work.htm http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/work_e/work_rights_at_..., http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/employment_law http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/employment_law

ukdev 12y ago
The problem is the contract is not signed by the witness and before I'd go to court and burn the cash I'd like to threaten that my legal and "PR" actions will cause 10x damage.
- dalke 12y ago
  Quoting from https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081013154733AApY1eo https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200810131547... : > Few if any business contracts actually require witnesses in order to be valid. In very general terms all you need is terms that are clear enough to be enforced. > The contract would be considered legally binding as both parties agreed to it, put their signatures on it and had it in writing. Witnesses are not always necessary. You could even have a contract by word of mouth. > get some free legal advice from someone who can look over the contract. This could be at a CAB. Or, if you're near to a University that has a law school, the students there often hold free legal advice clinics - excellent quality of advice (overseen by tutors) The CAB home page for England, which facorreia already pointed out, is at http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england.htm http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england.htm (or you can choose Wales, etc.). Search for "unpaid wages", for an additional list of helpful pages. Do not retaliate or threaten to retaliate. This could get you in 100x trouble.
- dllthomas 12y ago
  'I'd like to threaten that my legal and "PR" actions will cause 10x damage.' I understand the feeling, but this is likely an unimaginably bad idea.
- viraptor 12y ago
  It doesn't have to be signed by a witness. Have you got the employer's signature and your own? You're good to go. Submitting your claim online will cost you around ~£100 in the UK. You'll probably not even need to go all the way to the court and for small claims stuff you don't need to (but still can) hire a lawyer.

ukdev 12y ago

The problem is the contract is not signed by the witness and before I'd go to court and burn the cash I'd like to threaten that my legal and "PR" actions will cause 10x damage.

dalke 12y ago
Quoting from https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081013154733AApY1eo https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200810131547... : > Few if any business contracts actually require witnesses in order to be valid. In very general terms all you need is terms that are clear enough to be enforced. > The contract would be considered legally binding as both parties agreed to it, put their signatures on it and had it in writing. Witnesses are not always necessary. You could even have a contract by word of mouth. > get some free legal advice from someone who can look over the contract. This could be at a CAB. Or, if you're near to a University that has a law school, the students there often hold free legal advice clinics - excellent quality of advice (overseen by tutors) The CAB home page for England, which facorreia already pointed out, is at http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england.htm http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england.htm (or you can choose Wales, etc.). Search for "unpaid wages", for an additional list of helpful pages. Do not retaliate or threaten to retaliate. This could get you in 100x trouble.
dllthomas 12y ago
'I'd like to threaten that my legal and "PR" actions will cause 10x damage.' I understand the feeling, but this is likely an unimaginably bad idea.
viraptor 12y ago
It doesn't have to be signed by a witness. Have you got the employer's signature and your own? You're good to go. Submitting your claim online will cost you around ~£100 in the UK. You'll probably not even need to go all the way to the court and for small claims stuff you don't need to (but still can) hire a lawyer.