Contract Requires 30 Day Notice for Termination, but Fired Without Notice

[Beau]

My question involves independent contractors in the state of: California. My employment agreement for financial consulting services includes clause permitting client or consultant to terminate agreement upon thirty day notice. Can I sue client for thirty day payment if client terminates agreement without thirty day notice. Client attempting to save funds and not honor thirty day notice of agreement.

[jk]

well, I suspect there is more to your contract than what you have provided. I also suspect other items in your contract can affect the situation you are asking about.

[Beau]

The clause Termination reads as follows.
Either Client or consultant may cancel this agreement by providing thirty (30) days written notice to the other party.
Other sections include:
Date entered, name of client and name of consultant
Consultant address & phone muber
Services(description of services to be provided)
Compensation
Reporting
Independent Consultant
Signatures & Date
There are no issues in dispute.
Simply, client not providing thrity day notice, and terminating agreement without payment for thirty day period, or last week for services provided. There are no other issues or items that affect this situation.

[Mr. Knowitall]

If you need help understanding whether you have a remedy under your contract, you will need to have the contract reviewed by a lawyer. We cannot interpret a document we cannot see.

[Beau]

Is not the summary of document previously provided sufficient. Your conservative statement to have document reviewed by attorney is not helpful. What specifically is missing from Termination section of agreemnt referenced above, that would prevent me from taking legal action for payment of thirty days since termination was without thirty day notice. I believe the clause included in the agreement is sufficient (yes or no)

[jk]

Beau;632535]Is not the summary of document previously provided sufficient.

No. Every word in a contract has an effect on the contract. A summary obviously is your interpretation of what the contract says.

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I believe the clause included in the agreement is sufficient (yes or no)[

the clause itself; sure but most contracts contain terms that alter other portions of a contract. In this situation, something like "termination for cause" is quite common and usually allows an immediate termination.

there are other reasons that would often be included to allow an immediate termination.

so, either sue them and hope there don't have some valid reason for terminating with less than 30 days notice or take it to an attorney who can read it and give you an opinion.

[Foster_Foster]

"Can I sue client for thirty day payment if client terminates agreement without thirty day notice."

Your question/statement has only one answer -- "yes (of course you can sue)." If you're asking strangers whether you'll be successful, we can't know the answer to that from here.

I suggest to you before you file suit that you send the client a demand letter.