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Contract Law Attorney -- When Breaking Contract is Legal

by aabadie on Dec 5, 2011

A contract law attorney will recognize the following as legitimate reasons to legally break a contract or declare it con contractual:

Statue of Frauds: Many terms are thrown around amid contract negotiations. What is a verbal contract? What is a written contract? When is each one necessary? Most usually a lease or agreement with a term longer than a year requires written documentation. A contract law attorney can easily help to break a verbal agreement meant to bind for more than twelve months.

Duress: If you are made or forced into signing a contractual agreement, you may fall under a duress clause. Even though you signed and agreed the terms at hand, if you were forced into agreement in any way, you may have proof that you were pushed into the agreement. A drastic example would be if you were forced at gunpoint to agree. Other less extreme circumstances exist. Perhaps the agreeing party felt threatened or that his family or business would be...Read More >>



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