[consulting] Getting Freelance Work

[Sam Plett]

First off, I highly recommend insurance.  I worked 3 years in the insurance
industry as a risk consultant and many people think that insurance is a
waste of money but once you need it, boy it's nice to have and then it was
worth every penny.

I am not a lawyer but this is how I understand things work in Canada.  Here
in Canada you can only get sued for direct losses.  So if a company can
prove they would make $1000 a day on their e-commerce site and you deliver
it 2 days late the most they can sue for is $2000 plus any other costs
directly related to the site, such as hosting, customer service people's
salaries, etc.  In Canada you cannot sue for emotional damages.

So rules are different depending on what area of the world you operate in.
Sam Plett
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Christian Pearce <pearcec at xforty.com>wrote:

>  I didn't but I had only a few customer and they didn't require it.  I am
> much happier now I work with a team of people and we share the cost of it.
>
>
> ----- "Fred Jones" <fredthejonester at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> You can probably get a half million dollars in coverage for less than
> > >> a thousand bucks a year. Seems worth it to me. And I have yet to be
> > >> threatened with a lawsuit, or make any mistakes that would lead to
> > >> one, but client's like to know you have these things in place. IMO,
> > >> that's reasonable.
> >
> > That's very interesting. Do other freelancers also do this?
> >
> > Fred, un-insured freelancer
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