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Q: I had a contract with a company for property management service. The company went into liquidation. The new company have now taken over the contract. I would like to know whether I can cancel this contract as I am unsure as to what notice period is required to end it.
A: You would need to see what period of notice is required within the contract, as it would be safer to end the contractual relationship this way rather than assume that the contract has come to an end because of change of company. A change of company would not necessarily render the contract void, whereas all the original contractual terms remain the same save for the change of company.
After I hired an engineering company to carry out work, I was quoted over the phone one price, yet I received an invoice from the head office quoting another much more costly amount. The original quote was £250. The company did extra work for 20 minutes and are now charging £490. I would like to dispute this. How do I go about doing this?
read moreI bought a second-hand car from a private seller and the exhaust has already broken off. I already inspected the car and test-drove it before buying it; do I have any sort of claim against the seller?
read moreI sacked a builder halfway through a project and the builder is looking to get costs owed. The builder carried out the work for me badly, so I ended the contract and hired out an independent contractor to complete the remedial work and the remaining work. The builder then began requesting monies. I do not wish to pursue the original builder for the costs of putting the work right but nor do I want to pay him for his botched undertakings. What do I do?
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