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Dollar value in verbal agreements

Background: This story describes how a waitress told a patron a bottle of wine was "thirty seven fifty" and turned out to be $3,750. It's not mentioned but for the sake of the question assume the ...
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Underpriced software development project

We are a software development company that underpriced a project. The asking price was $5000 and our costs are now around $15,000 and the end is not near. The project's requirements and outcome were ...
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Contract: one party changes the terms after the other has become dependent on deal

Suppose Party A and Party B sign a letter of intent wherein Part A is selling its assets to Party B. Over time, they are working together to nail down all the details of the agreement in a full ...
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International issues [closed]

I've been working with a person in the UK and recently fell into some issues. There's breach of contract being thrown around. I'm just wondering which jurisdiction it would fall under: UK or ...
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Gaslighting on verbal agreements... who is legally "right"?

Gaslighting on verbal agreements... who is legally "right"? Suppose that a party A agrees to hire party B for a job, and at the moment party B seems like the most viable candidate available, ...
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What is the correct way of discharging contract when parties can't agree on shipping?

When selling stuff on TradeMe, one way of specifying shipping options is "To be arranged". That is, seller can skip researching shipping options/costs and only worry about it once the item is ...
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Claim for damages where store is unable to deliver goods

Bob ordered/paid for an item exclusively stocked by a store in the UK in limited quantities, to be delivered to New Zealand by courier (normally delivered within 1 week of shipment). The item was in ...
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In practice what kind of claims can't be brought to court after signing a settlement agreement?

A settlement agreement contains the following term: Parties agree that this settlement extinguishes all claims each party may have against the other. What affect does such a term have in theory ...
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Terms of Contract changed during drafting of Written Contract

I entered into discussions with an owner to purchase his business. During the process I agreed verbally and via email to pay for the owners lawyer to draft the purchase and sale agreements. The ...
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Reporter asked me to write article about my $product; removing all mention of $Product before publication

Recently I was reached out by a reporter asking if I can write an article about an online software product of mine: I was hoping that someone at $organization might be willing to write an article ...
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Can I freely use this image?

So I met this talented guy who designs graphics for apps and such and I asked him if he can make a background image for my app..He agreed and made one for me and I asked him if it was ok if I use the ...
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Does a contract modification need all the elements of a contract?

Alice and Bob have a contract. One day they mutually agree to modify it. Does the modification need to have all the elements of a new contract? In particular, does it need to have a consideration on ...
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If a dispute arise between two parties, and a third party volunteers to mediate, are any agreements made to the mediator binding on the two parties?

For example Bob hires Fred to do a job. Bob does not believe Fred fulfilled his duty and refuses to pay. If Fred asks a friend of Bob to talk to Bob about it, and Fred agrees (to the mutual friend) to ...
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My tenant signed the lease renewal, but I have not signed yet, can I terminate the lease?

My tenant signed the lease renewal agreement starting June 1st, but I have not signed it yet. The tenant has not paid May's rent yet and has been in violation a few times in the past. I would like to ...
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Can I set a fee for using my web site, and later collect it?

If I set terms of service for my web site, visitors to my web site agree to them when they use my web site (beyond, presumably, the usage technically required to obtain the text of the terms). It is ...
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