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Claiming unpaid fees for services provided to a company
Respected Sir / Ma'am,
I am an IT service provider. I got a project from one of the companies in Abu Dhabi to perform a System Implementation.
I have completed the project and have raised the invoice for the same, but the customer is not paying the amount. It amounts to about 30000 USD.
I am calling for a Steering Committee meeting as per the contract/proposal terms to resolve the issue of not paying me. The IT team, to whom I am reporting is just not letting the Steering Committee meeting to happen.
I have other projects running in parallel with the same client. I have issued a "Credit Hold" and stopped all activities with proper notice and have all details on email communication. Still, they are not calling for a meeting / trying to resolve the issue...
What are my options to recover the amount? If at all I have to hire a lawyer, what will be the costs for the same?
Would appreciate your advice/recommendations greatly.
Thanks and regards,
Raj
Dear Sir,
I cannot advise you on the course of action without perusal of the KYC documents and the Contract.
Indeed, the counterparty has failed to honour its obligation. We have to check if there is any pre-litigation condition and thereafter proceed with litigation.
Please seek formal consultant.
With best regards,
Mrs Khan
I hope you are fine.
Pursuant to your query, kindly be informed that we are ready to assist you.
We shall consider the following options to help you recover the amount legally;
Firstly, we can send a legal notice to the company to demand immediate payment of the amount, if that fails, then we shall file a civil case against the company to claim the amount including interest and damages.
Therefore, if you would like to proceed, kindly send me an email.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Do have a beautiful day.
Best regards,
Aws M. Younis
