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.
Sometimes, what’s not in a contract is more important than what is.
You read a contract. Reading only the express terms, you might not get the full story.
There may be implied terms.
Terms implied into contracts can change what you’re reading. They can re-balance one-sided business agreements. They can address behaviour that frustrates performance of the contract.
In fact, implied terms can put you – or your contracting partner – in serious breach of contract.
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.
Where do you start with copyright law? What are the myths of copyright which could sting you for copyright infringement?
What’s right and what’s wrong? You can spend hours searching on the internet and not be too sure what you’re reading is right. Or Wrong.
Here a starter pack to get you started on what copyright can and can’t do …