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dave9713
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Hi All,
I'm brand new here just found the forum via google and was hoping to get some advice on a situation
Basically I worked for a guy last summer for 4 months, at the time I was 18. During my time there I never recieved a payslip of any sort all I was told is that the taxes had been removed from the check... being nieve in my first job i believed him.
After 2 and a half months he decided he was going to close the company in 6 weeks and pursue another venture, I was also told that I would be paid for the full 6 weeks at the end of my employment. At the end of employment he didn't turn up and I got a call saying expect the cheque in the post a long with a P45 and a payslip. Numerous phone calls and emails and 4 months later I have still recieved nothing and he is trying to claim he didn't employ me at all and he owes me nothing.
I have applied for a small claims court thing online but it comes to £60 , money i really don't have so I have had to delay it.
Now here is the catch. I have all his online bank, paypal details etc. He spends thousands of pounds a day on online poker and it is starting to annoy me, even if i did win a court case I doubt I would ever recieve the money.
I have a lot of things against this man, he is a generally bad person, stealing, tax evasion etc. But even though I have reported him no action has been taken.
I guess what I am trying to ask is would there be a strong legal case against me for taking money owed? If I could provide evidence I worked there, I was unpaid, tax was stolen on my employment and the guy ran a fraudelant charity (i am not joking by the way).
I mean companies take money from your account if you owe them... is it not the same type of thing as he agreed to pay for my services?
Please advise me as I have never been in this situation!
Thanks,
Dave
I'm brand new here just found the forum via google and was hoping to get some advice on a situation
Basically I worked for a guy last summer for 4 months, at the time I was 18. During my time there I never recieved a payslip of any sort all I was told is that the taxes had been removed from the check... being nieve in my first job i believed him.
After 2 and a half months he decided he was going to close the company in 6 weeks and pursue another venture, I was also told that I would be paid for the full 6 weeks at the end of my employment. At the end of employment he didn't turn up and I got a call saying expect the cheque in the post a long with a P45 and a payslip. Numerous phone calls and emails and 4 months later I have still recieved nothing and he is trying to claim he didn't employ me at all and he owes me nothing.
I have applied for a small claims court thing online but it comes to £60 , money i really don't have so I have had to delay it.
Now here is the catch. I have all his online bank, paypal details etc. He spends thousands of pounds a day on online poker and it is starting to annoy me, even if i did win a court case I doubt I would ever recieve the money.
I have a lot of things against this man, he is a generally bad person, stealing, tax evasion etc. But even though I have reported him no action has been taken.
I guess what I am trying to ask is would there be a strong legal case against me for taking money owed? If I could provide evidence I worked there, I was unpaid, tax was stolen on my employment and the guy ran a fraudelant charity (i am not joking by the way).
I mean companies take money from your account if you owe them... is it not the same type of thing as he agreed to pay for my services?
Please advise me as I have never been in this situation!
Thanks,
Dave