work in kitchen

[Octopus]

Ouch, what a mess.

So in summary, the kitchen company got you to do some electrics, are washing their hands of the issue, but didn't do the CIS and haven't paid your invoice from November. The customer had another electrician who did some of the work. You and the other sparky don't know/can't agree on who's fault it is.

Who issued the EIC for the complete kitchen and did the necessary notification? IMHO its that person she should be chasing.

 

[Des 56]

You haven't energised the system, a. n. other did the dirty deed

You have no case to answer

 

[needasparks]

does sound a mess now with the client, Des has summed it all up. The buck stops with the person who issued the cert.
How can someone make a claim if you never energised the circuit or certified it.
Thats the whole point of a cert.
You could have wired it with wet string if you wanted to but until someone energises it no offence has been commited. With regards to the kitchen company I guess you hold little luck getting paid really unless you take a legal route. Best advice would be to write it if as it seems only a couple of days work and learn by it. Hard stance In know but it will eat you up and cost more money to chase.

 

[Octopus]

does sound a mess now with the client, Des has summed it all up. The buck stops with the person who issued the cert.
How can someone make a claim if you never energised the circuit or certified it.
Thats the whole point of a cert.
You could have wired it with wet string if you wanted to but until someone energises it no offence has been commited. With regards to the kitchen company I guess you hold little luck getting paid really unless you take a legal route. Best advice would be to write it if as it seems only a couple of days work and learn by it. Hard stance In know but it will eat you up and cost more money to chase.

I have to disagree on the chasing money bit. Send them a final demand polite reminder including the sentence "if this invoice is not paid by xx xxxxxxxxx 2012 with will refer the matter to the Small Claims Court without any further reference to you."

Do a search on this forum for Money Claim Online and you should find a recent thread with the costs which you pay and are passed on to the client.

 

[needasparks]

I understand where your going Murdoch but i would say from the kitchen comp comments so far they are trying to duck it and although you are perfectly correct in what your saying I doubt the OP has enough proof for a court to decide the outcome based on his verbal agreement. small claims require the cost to be over £500 from what they told me on my last claim and from what is said i would not think a couple of days work would have made this amount but i could be wrong.