Industry Insider – Can’t Pay; Won’t Pay
4 July @ 10:00 - 11:30 BST
Chaired by SoA Chief Executive Nicola Solomon, this session will see Contracts Advisor Kate Pool (SoA) and Samuel O’Toole (Briffa) discuss what you should do if you haven’t received agreed payment for your work. It will include practical tips on drafting contracts to encourage payment and protect your intellectual property, sending invoices, chasing payment, tracing assets and the final resort of how to take legal action.
It will explore the different routes available if a company is refusing to pay, perhaps claiming breach or imposing administrative barriers and the legal and practical ramifications if the company or individual is insolvent: winding up, how to respond if a receiver is appointed, or a company goes into liquidation.
Programme
- Welcome, introductions and housekeeping from Nicola Solomon – Chief Executive, SoA (3 mins)
- Discussion chaired by Nicola Solomon; with Kate Pool (SoA) and Samuel O’Toole (Briffa) (60 mins)
- Comfort break (5 mins)
- Q&A with audience (20 mins)
- Summary and closing comments (2 mins)
- This event will be moderated by Sarah Burton – Head of Advisory team and Senior Publishing Contracts Advisor, SoA
What will this session cover?
This session will cover:
- The practical steps on how to chase payments
- What checks to carry out?
- What notices to send
- Protection and reversion of rights
- Legal action
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Who is this session for?
Anyone from emerging writer to the most experienced who wants to protect their position and encourage payment.
Send us your questions in advance
If you would like to send questions in advance, email [email protected] with ‘Can’t Pay; Won’t Pay’ in the subject header. We will prioritise questions sent in advance and answer as many as we can from the audience on the day.
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The Line-up
Nicola Solomon – Chief Executive, SoA
Nicola’s role encompasses protecting authors’ interests in negotiations/disputes with publishers and agents, advising individual authors and campaigning for authors’ rights, as well as for the wider cultural environment. Nicola is an expert in the publishing industry and the associated law, from copyright and defamation, to privacy, data protection and contract.
She is a Deputy District Judge and sits on the board of the International Authors’ Forum and the British Copyright Council and the European Writers Council.
Kate Pool – Consultant Publishing Contracts Advisor, SoA
Kate is one of the Consultant Publishing Contracts Advisors at The Society of Authors. She advises members on publishing contracts and issues and was the previous manager of The Author, the society’s quarterly member magazine.
Samuel O’Toole – Briffa
Sam O’Toole is a solicitor at Briffa where he advises creative businesses of all shapes and sizes in relation to the exploitation and enforcement of their intellectual property rights. Sam has a wealth of court experience and has acted for both sides in infringement, contract and debt recovery matters.
Twitter: @briffalegal | Instagram: @briffalegal | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/briffa/ | Website: https://www.briffa.com/
Need to know
Accessibility
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During the event
- This online event will take place on Zoom Webinar; you will not be visible on screen but will be able ask questions via the Q&A function or interact via the chat box
- This event will be recorded but you won’t be on screen
- This event is 60 minutes.
After the event
- Hashtag for this event: #SoAatHome
- You’ll be able to catch the recording on our Vimeo channel
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