QUESTION
Breach of Payment Terms and Non-Payment for rendered services
Asked on Sep 29th, 2014 on Business Law - California
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I have a development company that creates websites and applications for creative agencies. I have been working with a creative agency for about 2 years and they have not paid invoices for upwards of 6-9 months at a time even though the terms on the invoice indicate payment is due upon receipt. They have breached the payment terms on the invoices and are extremely overdue. I have tried numerous times to collect from them and have email proof. They finally agreed to a payment plan, but as of September have failed again to meet the payment plan terms as outlined in our email agreement. They are behind more than $20,000 in payments and I want to collect all outstanding fees, penalties for late payments, lawyer fees and any other charges that may apply.
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Hi Chris,
In order to collect anything on top of the outstanding amount that is owed and interest you would need to have a contract that called for payment of attorney's fees and penalties for late payment. Do you have a written agreement? In the event that you don't have a written agreement you still may have a claim for late fees if your invoices clearly set forth that a late fee will apply if a payment is overdue.
Let me know if I can assist you in this collection.
Thanks,Jon
Answered on Sep 30th, 2014 at 11:35 AM