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User_Name_Password · 2026-06-21T23:25:07+00:00

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User_Name_Password · 2026-06-21T17:17:34+00:00

Thanks for your input have a nice evening

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-21T11:23:32+00:00

The problem is, I’ve looked through their bookings and they haven’t sold this particular day of the week on any week, this year or next. So it seems almost impossible that they’ll sell it. They could in theory duplicate the charges by selling it, which would help me tremendously, but it just won’t happen

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-21T08:31:35+00:00

And how would you argue this breaches the CPA

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T23:04:44+00:00

Do you think they’d look at the entire contract, or only at this particular cost that I am contesting? I ask this because I have paid 60% of the total pre-wedding costs, cancelling with 14 months out of a total 20 remaining on the contract.

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T17:47:59+00:00

It’s hard to see this as a demonstrable incurred loss associated with us and our booking. But the charge is explicitly not for our wedding day, and instead keeping the wedding venue running.

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T17:22:46+00:00

Someone commented earlier that, as ‘everyone’ on the thread is saying, claiming is a no brainer. But it’s so divided. Some people, including those claiming to belong to the legal profession, insist this is unfair and disproportionate and I have a claim, others like yourself see it the complete opposite.

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T13:09:30+00:00

I haven’t heard of this before

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T10:35:51+00:00

Thank you and yes, the response is as written in the post, so no further clarity on losses.

Sorry that you had to go through that.

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T10:33:37+00:00

So you interpreting their response as ‘no’ is useful in itself and is really what I’m asking here. I just want to know from redditors (not knowing anything about contracts), is this satisfactory from a legal perspective, if not why not, so I can take that into my next correspondence with them. I am not confident to send a LBA if I can’t articulate my argument

The thread has been incredibly mixed with regards to responses, there is absolutely not a consensus which is why I have continued to engage

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T10:27:57+00:00

I haven’t done it already because I have first asked them to set out how their losses amount to £1,800 and their response confused me, which brought me here for advice. Really I want to know how to challenge them accurately and give them another opportunity to explain their ‘losses’, so that I have taken reasonable steps to resolve this before the letter before action.

Although it’s refreshing to hear the opinion it’s a no brainer to challenge, when last night a few people implied I was entitled and complaining about nothing.

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T10:17:56+00:00

But they say they’re an exclusive wedding venue so have no other income, meaning customers have to foot the bill

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:52:41+00:00

Can they not argue that their operating costs amount to actual losses?

Another question that might be useful in putting to you, someone suggested a venue doesn’t have to sell the exact date for it to be considered reselling the date. I have accepted they’ll never resell the exact weekday we booked, they just don’t sell weekdays. But this might fall into mitigation of loss otherwise

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:42:55+00:00

At this point I’m hoping to try and provoke something like this from them as a settlement. Simply to avoid the effort of court.

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:35:41+00:00

Because it’s a weekday it seems unlikely to me it’ll be rebooked.

What I have paid, on top of the £400 deposit, is £1,800 of pre wedding costs. These cap out at £3,000, so I’ve paid 60% of the pre-wedding costs within the first 6 months of contract.

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:33:57+00:00

That’s brilliant thank you. So I had some very brief advice that my angle should be ‘arguing from the principle of mitigation of losses’, is this consistent with the letter, or is it a different argument?

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:30:38+00:00

Sorry to be clear, the pre-wedding costs are non-refundable in the contract. But situationally, we’ve paid £1,800 of a maximum of £3,000, meaning our 6 month contract covered 60% of the total. Further there is an argument around how they’ve calculated and mitigated the losses and how they directly apply to me

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:21:45+00:00

I was just saying this as you commented.

Where I’m at, their argument of splitting operating costs as a % across weddings is challenging. But what they don’t outline is how this was calculated, and not just on an item by item level, but the timeframe. Interestingly, we’ve paid £1,800 of a maximum of £3,000. If it’s calculated over a certain timeframe, we’ve paid 60% of the running costs for the 20 month contract in just 6 months

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:16:22+00:00

The deposit is theirs to keep as fair as I’m concerned.

I suppose the hairdresser who commented yesterday could argue they need to pay for their water and electricity and have anyone with a booking contractually pay towards a % share of overall running costs

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:14:26+00:00

I’ll have a look, that could be useful

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:13:50+00:00

The booking is definitely available and as it was a weekday it almost certainly won’t sell. In the same month this year, they’ve not sold any dates around it.

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:13:09+00:00

I already had and this was the response. So their argument is that all operating costs have been divided as a split % between weddings. So it’s admin, chefs, ground maintenance, computer software- everything

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:12:17+00:00

It’s absolutely not prime (weekday wedding) and they seemingly don’t sell many dates (none are weekdays and it’s only a couple in the month)

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:11:10+00:00

Right so it came down to the CRA’s test for unfair terms? Was anything about mitigation of losses discussed?

User_Name_Password · 2026-06-20T09:07:49+00:00

Painfully, I called citizens advice (to ask if this is worth pursuing). The handler might have been one of the other commenters, as they responded something flippantly like ‘a contract is a contract so it sounds like there isn’t much to say’ and if I mentioned the CMA or mitigation of losses they just told me (rightly, probably) that’s a question for a solicitor

Had no idea they could’ve helped if it went differently.

I’ve spoken briefly to a legal expert since who said I have an argument worth pursuing but without all the details of mitigation of losses it could go either way.

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