Questions tagged [contract-law]
For questions about laws related to contracts, an agreement between two or more parties.
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Contract for plumber vs roofer
When one creates a contract in a specific business domain, are there parts of a contract that do not need to be enumerated as the type of work already includes implied constraints. i.e. A contract ...
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UK Law - Can a contract be accepted by conduct through continuing communication?
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If a person A communicated an offer of billable professional services via email to person B, stating that future communication would be billed, and that otherwise B should cease ...
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Do I need to pay the real estate agency if the contract was signed after I moved in?
I have signed a very standard rental agreement with a landlord. I have contacted him through a real estate agency, because they were the ones who posted the ad on the Internet. They did not ...
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What is the scope of goods and services that one may charge for? [closed]
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When you provide a service or add value you have a right to charge for it, no?
What is the scope of goods and services that one may charge for?
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Seller Financing a Car and repos
Let's say someone wants to sell a car to an individual via seller financing.. The individual puts down 1,000$ and finances the other $3,000.. and agrees on monthly payments of 200$ the seller becomes ...
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When a company is sold, can existing customers opt out of contract with the new owner? [duplicate]
A letting agent with which I have had a contract for many years was bought out by a competitor around 18 months ago. The new owner never updated the management agreement to reflect the change of ...
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Do existing contracts get automatically transferred to the acquiring company?
Company A and Company B have a business relationship lasting for years. All kinds of agreements are in place between them. License Agreements, Supply Agreements, Development Agreements and so on.
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Do you need to inform the other party that he is in breach?
When someone breaches agreements or breaches contracts resulting in severe (or not) compensation, are you required to immediately notify him (who represents an organization?) that he is in breach? Or ...
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How are contracts affected if the client makes some of the work in the contract impossible?
This is a follow-up from How are contracts affected if some of the work in the contract becomes impossible?. In these examples, the work becomes impossible because of some voluntary action of the ...
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Can assets be protected from sale in bankruptcy by a contract not to sell them?
It is apparently common to not be allowed to resell seeds obtained from growing genetically modified plants, as a condition of having the original seeds sold to you. But one might have several ...
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Expected result of trying to buy a lot with a bad listing
I was looking at this listing in or near Dorris for reasons that don't really matter.
The listing says it's on Juniper Street; but there is no such lot on Juniper Street. I spent some time trying to ...
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How are contracts affected if some of the work in the contract becomes impossible?
Example 1: Say I'm given a contract to paint a house, and a few days before I am assigned to paint it, the house is hit by lightning and burns down, making my work impossible to complete. Do I still ...
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Berkeley Min Wage: what if you are only required to do 5 minutes of work?
Berkeley has a minimum wage law but it is set to 18.07 per hour. How does this work if work is divided into minutes?
Separately, does 18.07 per hour comprise 18.07 minimum per day?
Also, what are the ...
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In Indiana, can an apartment complex force you to remove social media posts if they pertain to the management?
I've been told that if you disagree with the management of this particular retirement housing organization which operates a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) facility here in Indiana (United States),...
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Could cryonics "resurrections" be enforced?
Cryonics is the practice of freezing a newly-dead body, for a fee, in hopes that death can be reversed and the terminal disease cured in the future. Whatever the medical improbability, let's imagine ...
