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Websites being held to ransom
Hello, I had 2 websites built by Mark Dalton of U4D Creative Media or Observetis Ltd, both paid for on time, in full, including their hosting. When I commissioned Mark to build a 3rd website, he was unable to do so (simply resize a page in a format -.ai which he had agreed he could do). So I had to find someone else that could do it. He billed me for the "work" which he could not do and I refused to pay. I received absolutely nothing for this "work" that he could not do. So Mark closed the other two websites (1 of which is solely owned by my partner - it is a VAT registered ltd company)and is holding me to ransom - either I pay for the work he could not do or he will not turn the two websites back on. Of course, I will not deal with such a person, how can you trust someone who has behaved as unprofessionally as this? There were no written contracts between us, or any terms and conditions. Where do I legally stand?
submitted by Zep Birdsall at 10 May 2013

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