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Contract Agreements

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What is a Contract?

A Contract is a legally binding agreement or promise between two or more persons, verbal or written that can be enforced by the law.

These promises and agreements are entered into regularly each day, by individuals, businesses and other organisations. For example such parties may agree to:

Buy or Sell Goods •  To Hire or Provide a Service •  To Rent a Property

To Settle a Debt Dispute •  Sign a Contract of Employment •  Sign an Online Agreement

And many other everyday transactions. These agreements all involve the promise to provide one thing, or to refrain from doing something else.

Contract Law Solicitors

How can MTA Solicitors Help Me?
MTA Solicitors have expert contract law solicitors in both our civil litigation department and our commercial law firm in London. We have the expertise and knowledge to advise both private and business clients on a variety of legal sectors effected by contract law and legal agreements.

Our contract solicitors are experienced in commercial law,
Employment Law, Consumer Law, Intellectual Property, Personal Debt Recovery, Commercial Debt Recovery and more, we will be able to advise you on various forms of legal contracts.

• Have you been effected by a breach of Contract?
• Has a service you purchased been unsatisfactory?
• Are you a business owner who requires advice on protecting your business
       through well drafted contracts?
• Are you being accused of breaching a contract?

For expert legal advice on any contract law issue, call us on 0208 313 7804
Or make an Online Enquiry

MTA Solicitors can help you:

• Clarify the terms and conditions of a contract and explain your rights and
       obligations under that contract.
• Offer legal advice on civil, business and commercial contracts, and advise
       you on the consequences of entering into a contract before you commit
       yourself to it.
• Act on your behalf and discuss the contract with the other party or his/her
       Solicitor, agreeing on terms and conditions. We will make sure that terms
       which you may not have agreed to or which might prove a disadvantage or
       damaging are altered or removed.
• Draft effective legal documentation and prepare contracts for you to enter
       into with another party.
• Provide you with the legal advice and services required if another party
       breaches the contract.
• Provide you with the legal advice and services required if you are accused
       of breaching a contract.

Business Contracts

If you are a business owner, we realise that seeking legal advice can be a daunting prospect, especially with the financial pressure for start ups and small businesses. However, well drafted contracts in business are valuable assets and forms of protection.

The right business contract could ensure the ability to pursue debts owed to your business, lessen the risk of misunderstandings and disputes, litigation and cashflow issues, employer and employee disputes.

MTA Solicitors pride themselves on providing the most efficient, cost effective solution, tailored to you and your business. We build a bespoke service that is industry specific to your needs, providing you with everything you need to move forward and succeed.

Once the legal documentation is drafted our contract solicitors will be on hand to advise on issues of compliance, breaches of contract, claims and solutions.

If you need advice about your contractual rights or bringing a breach of contract claim, please make an Online Enquiry with our Contract Law department online or call 0208 313 7804 to discuss how we can help you.

Contractual Dispute Resolution

MTA Solicitors have the expertise necessary to assist in resolving a number of contractual disputes including an expert Debt Recovery department with significant experience on fast and effective debt recovery solutions. Our compensation claims department can help you claim for loss or damages through breach of contract, and provide legal advice on mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

We have an experienced Employment Law department that can advise both Employers and Employees on all areas of employment law contracts and contract disputes.

What is Contract Law?

The Law of contracts is the body of law that governs the verbal and written agreements between two or more persons (individuals, companies or other institutions). This area of law can be applied by the courts to determine if there has been a breach of contract or whether promises made within a contract are enforceable. If a contractual promise has not been fulfilled and is enforceable, a specialist contract law solicitor will be able to advise on the suitable course of action and if appropriate make a compensation claim for loss or damages. Before the courts will intervene to enforce any agreement, certainty of the contract is needed and there are some basic foundations that all contracts must contain.

The essential elements to make a contract enforceable are:

• Offer
• Acceptance
• Agreement - arising from an offer and an acceptance
• Consideration - a promise or an act or a promise not to act,
       and represents the value in the contract. An exchange of some benefit or
       something of value by the parties.
• Capacity – i.e have the legal capacity to enter into a contract, for example
       an adult and of mental capacity.
• Intention to enter into legal relations - the parties intended to enter into
       a legally binding agreement. (it is the intent to enter into legal relations that
       converts a social agreement in to a legal agreement)

This area of law is varied and complex and effects both businesses and the consumer alike. There have been many changes over the years to “legislation” or “statutory law” including the introduction of the Sale of Goods Act and the Credit Agreement Act.

MTA Solicitors have expert contract law solicitors in both our civil litigation team and our commercial law firm in London and we have the expertise to advise on a variety of legal sectors and industries for both private and commercial clients.

Breach of Contract

If terms of a contract are broken, then there is a breach of contract. This can be if one party does not comply with its terms or if they change their mind and do not perform their side of the contract.

You can remedy a breach of contract in various ways but the most common would be:

• To make a compensation claim for damages (a sum of money) for loss or
       damage caused by Breach of Contract.
• To seek a court order, for the contract to be performed, and obligations
       to be carried out.
• To seek a court order, declaring the contract null and void, obliging the party
       who has breached the contract to put the ‘innocent party’ back in the position
       he/she was in before the contract was entered into.

MTA Solicitors can advise clients on a number of contract law issues, including compliance, breaches, claims and solutions. You can contact our Contract Department online or call 0208 313 7804