Everyone’s nervous the first time few times they represent themselves in court.
Preparation goes an awful long way to a better court appearance.
It takes a lot of work to have a good day in court.
Here a few tips to tell you what to expect, and what to do prepare yourself for your day in court.
The law takes legally binding contracts seriously.
It’s difficult to escape liability for performance, even when something happens that makes it difficult, more expensive or onerous to perform.
Whether a contract has been frustrated or not can mean the difference between:
Frustration of contract is the general law’s method of allowing parties to be relieved of their legal obligations.
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Force majeure clauses in terms and conditions of contracts can be prepared to protect your business as a good first resort or a bad last resort.
Done properly, they’ll avoid damages claims where intervening events outside your control prevent, hinder or delay performance of legally binding obligations.
Guarantees and personal guarantees are important – and serious – commercial documents.
When you sign one it’s difficult to get out of it, when they’re properly done.
But then there are things that can happen outside the contract that allow can make the guarantees and personal guarantees unenforceable.
It can be a matter of knowing the sort of thing that you’re looking for.
We’re not talking about why you should have written contracts here.
We’re talking about why you shouldn’t rely on verbal contracts.
It’s a health risk to your business.
Beginning a conversation with someone with the question, “Is a verbal contract enforceable?” is not an optimal starting point.
As the saying goes, an oral contract is worth the paper it is written on. In a more fully informed world, everyone knows it.