wrote:
Hello

I hope someone can help me on here.

I am tied to an agency to sell a certain product. I have fallen out
with this agency big time, and they have terminated my agreement, but
before they did they suspended me in order to "investigate" the
situation. The terms of the contract state that any termination period
is 3 months. This they have adhered to, but at the same time have
maintained the suspension.

The industry I am in, has a watchdog that holds a register of all
firms and individuals who have qualified as being able to sell this
product. This register states the individual and/or and the agency
they are tied to, and one can only be tied to a single agency at any
given time. Therefore, this particular agency holding me to contract
until Jan 2008 is preventing me from going off to another agency.

That would under normal circumstances be ok, but, and this is the bit
I am very angry with, they are maintaining the suspension, so in
effect completely preventing me from trading. They will not concede to
releasing me under any circumstances, which is going to make me
bankrupt and they know this.

Can I apply to the court for some kind of injunction to get them to
release me, I am not interested in merely having the suspension lifted
as I feel sure the agency would find another way to withhold the
monies from any potential sales.

If there is such an injunction i could apply for, on which grounds can
i apply for it and can i do it quickly?

Go and get paid for professional advice now. It is far too important to rely
on advice from this or any other NG.

Peter Crosland