Date: 13 Dec 2018, Filed under: Conveyancing, Property Sales and Acquisitions, Contracts and Agreements
Nomination versus novation
Contracts for the sale of land may provide for the transfer of title to the purchaser or its nominee.
Date: 24 Oct 2018, Filed under: Property Sales and Acquisitions, Contracts and Agreements
Options are common in relation to the acquisition of land, new leases, shares, intellectual property rights and the grant of other property and contractual...
Date: 16 Oct 2018, Filed under: Contracts and Agreements
The purpose of estoppel is to prevent detriment by compelling a party to adhere to an assumption or expectation which he has encouraged the other party...
Date: 16 Oct 2018, Filed under: Contracts and Agreements
Legal professional privilege, also called ‘client legal privilege’, is a fundamental legal rule which prevents disclosure of confidential communications...
Date: 09 Jul 2018, Filed under: Contracts and Agreements
Not every agreement will be enforced by a Court.
To be binding the parties must have what is known as an ‘intention to create legal relations’.
One...
Date: 03 Jul 2018, Filed under: Contract Law, Contracts and Agreements
If you suffer loss because of a breach of contract the Court may award damages to compensate you for that loss.
Date: 08 Jun 2018, Filed under: Contracts and Agreements
It is often difficult to enforce a verbal agreement, because each party usually has a different recollection of what was said and agreed. So how do the...
Date: 29 May 2018, Filed under: Business & Commercial Law, Franchises, Contracts and Agreements
The franchise disclosure document is one of the most important documents for a prospective franchisee. It contains important commercial and legal information...
Date: 20 Mar 2018, Filed under: Contract Law, Contracts and Agreements
Contracts generally contain a ‘definitions’ clause setting out defined terms which are used repeatedly in the contract.
Often the definitions clause...
Date: 19 Jan 2018, Filed under: Contract Law, Contracts and Agreements
Occasionally it is alleged that a contract is a sham. But what is a sham contract and how do the Courts deal with them?
