>Actually, as I indicated earlier. If you perform work with your customer's knowledge, the courts are going to, in most cases, bend over backwards to find a contract rather than let your work go unrewared -- even if the contract is verbal. You may not, however, get all the reward you claim -- and you will probably get a homily about the stupidity of not using a written contract.
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>regards,

James,

That's exactly how it happened to me a number of years ago when I encountered the same problem. A client who paid along the way but refused to pay the final bill. A small claims case was won and the judge gave me a lecture about contracts that I have not forgotten.