#1936 - Q&A: “Can I file a small claims suit against a big business?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today’s caller is having a frustrating experience: they aren’t getting paid for work they’ve completed! Can they take their client to small claims court?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama. |
| 0:05.6 | The young gentleman's name would be... |
| 0:08.3 | Oliver. Oliver Twist. |
| 0:10.7 | ...with Brian Cox as Fagan. |
| 0:12.9 | What have you seen? Street boy. |
| 0:14.9 | Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Caluia as Bill Sykes. |
| 0:19.3 | Oh, look at me like a hound of my noise! |
| 0:21.3 | I love you, baby! |
| 0:22.3 | ...with original music by Dan Gillespie Cells. |
| 0:25.7 | Subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms. |
| 0:38.4 | Today's caller has had a negative experience, or I should say they're having a negative experience, |
| 0:43.3 | where they're not getting paid for work, they've completed. |
| 0:46.9 | Now, sometimes we look at situations like these and it's a bit of a great area. |
| 0:51.2 | They started doing some work, but it was on spec, or they didn't have a contract, |
| 0:56.4 | they were doing something for free and hopes of getting some paid work later. |
| 1:00.0 | None of that here. |
| 1:01.2 | In this situation, they were clearly promised the money in exchange for the work. |
| 1:05.3 | They did the work, which I think was a cleaning service, but then the company, |
| 1:09.5 | their client, changed hands and no one is taking responsibility, basically. |
| 1:13.7 | So you'll hear more about this from our caller. |
| 1:15.6 | Obviously it's frustrating. |
| 1:16.9 | Let's see what we can do to help. |
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