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It seems you are being way to nice. This is a business relationship that either needs to be completely fixed or ended. Since there is no contract, but you have keys to the castle so to speak, it seems …

Having Google translated a few Dutch websites, it seems the term covers consultants who are still technically employed by a company from which they are paid a monthly base salary. If more monthly hour …

You are being too nice. Being payed what is owed is never extorting. When I had similar problems, the only solution was to demand full payment before proceeding, as it is the only means of pressure y …

Depending on your location, you might have options such as small claims court or some type of collections service. If you have only sent low-conflict emails, you need to escalate the issue. In my loc …

Depending on how long the client has been unresponsive, you must now escalate matters by using more formal language. Don't merely repeat what you have already said and don't ask for payment; state tha …

Try to find a developer who values transparency and having a short feedback loop - so you can follow the progress closely. This will enable you to correct misunderstandings early or terminate the pr …

If you have given everything away, there might be very little you can do. All you can do now is hope that the client for some reason returns. If that happens, you have some leverage you MUST use. This …

Assuming the contract dictates payment upon milestone completion regardless of whether the entire project is completed - and the client has paid in full, it seems they have no legal basis for a refund …

It seems the problem is not merely the bad check, but rather the unresponsive client. Generally, unresponsive clients need to be forced into again being responsive; merely appealing to their non-exist …

I you have not yet threatened to pull the plug, you must do so. It is the only leverage you seem to have. Send a harshly worded letter stating they have one week to pay and secure a contract for furt …

There's not much more you can do, than see this as a learning experience. Always have some sort of contract. It does not need to be an expensive legal document; in many cases a 'mutual project agreem …

Why would it be illegal? It seems you are buying a service (that you cannot provide) from your partner. Nothing wrong with that. Whether your company structure is optimal, is another matter that ve …

Assuming (from the comments) that one must deliver regardless of being late and therefore being paid less, it sounds very asymmetrically tilted towards the client's advantage - even though the bonus/f …

I find it amazing that it has taken your headhunter a month to discover that the end-client would not be signing a document. However, it seems that the headhunter simply does not have the liquidity t …

Probably not the answer you're looking for but... As I understand it, you have been paid for work delivered - so you are complaining that they don't pay you in full for the 15 day notice period. In m …