Self employment

[Kayrothery]

My partner has been self employed for the last 7 years and for 4 of these he has worked for one company. Set jobs every month for set amount of money. They have been messing around with payments last few months. He is supposed to be paid 30 days after date of invoice. They are 20 days overdue. He phoned to chase today and was told cheques would be on the post today but his services are no longer required as they can get the work done cheaper. They were due to be completed this week.

Does he have any rights?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Castlebest]

Does he have a contract? self employment is a tricky thing (I did it for over 20 years) my view was always if they don't need you anymore walk away... I know thats not good from a domestic point of view, the alternatives are to drop his rates and see if he can undercut whoever has taken his place or to find a new client