Offer and Acceptance: How contracts are formed.
There are many factors that make up a successful working relationship between a commercial lawyer and a client. From a lawyer’s point of view, a very important factor (probably lying just below “pays on time”) is communication and collaboration. Initial instructions are normally easy: “I need a…
On 24 April 2012 we posted a blog in relation to SAS Institute ( https://waterfront.law/blog/sas-institute-a-visionary-innovator-in-the-field-of-statistical-data-analysis/ ), since that time the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has given its decision ( https://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/2012/C40610.html ). The purpose of the decision is to give authoritative interpretations of the various EU laws in the…
SAS Institute’s basic program was developed way back in the 1970’s, with the company being launched in 1976. Their program offered, then, unparalleled tools for statistical data analysis. It has since gone on to become one of the world’s leading software platforms for such analysis and therefore it…
Facebook and other forms of social media are fast becoming a daily part of life as an employment lawyer. Many employees don’t seem to appreciate that comments they write on Twitter or Facebook are public and could easily be read by their boss. Most are fairly innocuous and…
“I need to tell someone my great business idea in order to help move it forward… but I don’t want them to steal it!” If you’re struggling with this dilemma, you’re not alone. We frequently work with clients who are facing this very challenge. They want to know…
I want to buy a car. Sounds simple enough. I’ll turn up with some money, you hand me the keys and I’ll drive off. Easy. I want to buy a car. Sounds simple enough. I’ll turn up with some money. Okay, how much? You hand me the keys….
For the record; there’s nothing wrong with using plain English in contracts. However, a lawyer’s interpretation of plain English can often be different to anyone else’s understanding of plain English. With people becoming more “litigation aware”, the need to be precise with language in order to try…