It amazes me how many people will enter into an important contract without obtaining legal advice.  Sometimes however, it is understandable why a party did not seek legal advice and instead, relied upon trust. The brother were clearly on good

Another case where a contract was not formally entered into.  It never ceases to amaze me how businesses are still content to use their ‘word as their bond’.  This is all too Arthur Daley (an infamous car dealer from a

The NHS has recently been appealing any decision where a contract is removed from their control and awarded to another party. Whilst I understand the commercial reasons for doing so, I am of the opinion that the NHS would be

A definition of duress is: Threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement. It is an important part of contract law that any contract entered into under duress is