Questions tagged [contract-law]
For questions about laws related to contracts, an agreement between two or more parties.
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What does "appropriated to the contract" mean in the Sale of Goods Act 1979, s 18, Rule 5?
Here, the verb appropriate is followed by TO. What does it mean that someone appropriates "goods of that description and in a deliverable state" TO THE CONTRACT? At large, what does it mean ...
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Can I take actions to mitigate an anticipated breach of contract and then sue to recover their costs
Disclaimer: I’m not looking for legal advice.
I’m in a month to month lease. I checked, and where I live the landlord cannot end a month to month lease without going through the full eviction process ...
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Is it illegal to break a contract?
Is it illegal (or criminal) to break a contract? For example when you agree to a websites Terms of Service, if you violate a term, are you breaking the law?
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Why do employment contracts need a clause to cover "work for hire"?
Under normal employment law in the UK, work done for a company on company time is considered "work for hire" and the relevant IP belongs to that company.
That being the case why do ...
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Can you refuse to pay back deposit at your own discretion?
Let's say a business provides some service/activity to a customer and charges them a $100 deposit on top of the service costs.
This deposit is to cover damages or other actions that negatively affect ...
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If the person named in an agreement is not the person who signed, is the agreement enforceable?
Here's a slight variation on this question: "If two spouses are named in an agreement but only one signs, is it valid?"
In our case, I signed an agreement that only has my wife's name printed on it. ...
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Can investors protect their business idea?
Suppose that Alice is the developer/founder of the Uber app and finds an investor for the startup company resulting in the existing Uber company. Suppose also that there is no Lyft or UberEats app out ...
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What are the trade-offs involved in accepting an offer to contract that would combine an installment payment and service fee?
Let's say someone purchased an item on an instalment payment plan from a company. They also subscribed to their services. The instalment scheme is separated from the monthly service fee. That means ...
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To what extent are estimates binding in contracts?
Consider this not too uncommon scenario: Bob asks Rob to do a one-off job. Due to the nature of the job, giving a precise quotation is difficult, so Rob provides an estimate of $5,000 to get the job ...
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Have a child but reduce the risk of child support [duplicate]
Lets say a Man and a Women agree to have a child. But the Man want's to make sure that before they have a child the man is granted full custody over the child and that the women can never file for ...
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Are social media TOS invalid because lack of due process and mutuality creates an unenforceable illusory contract?
Generally speaking, the TOS of social media platforms share certain common features.
They do not give the user the right to any "due process." If the platform wishes to cancel, block or ...
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