Are Verbal Agreements Legally Binding?
A verbal agreement can be enforceable under English law, though proving its terms presents significant challenges compared to a written contract. Many people assume that only signed documents carry legal weight. In reality, a spoken conversation may form a binding contract.
The difficulty with verbal agreements lies not in their legal status but in demonstrating what was actually agreed. If a dispute arises and the matter goes to court, you will need to establish the terms that both parties accepted. Without a written record, this often becomes one person's word against another's.
Courts can and do uphold verbal contracts. However, the outcome depends heavily on the evidence available. Text messages, emails, witness statements and subsequent conduct can all help establish what was agreed. In business relationships involving repeated transactions, a course of dealing between the parties may also provide context for interpreting verbal terms.
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For any contract to be legally valid, certain basic elements must be present. These requirements apply equally to agreements made face to face, over the phone, or through other forms of communication.
- Offer and acceptance: one party must make a clear offer, and the other must accept it
- Consideration: something of value must be exchanged, such as money for services or goods
- Intention to create legal relations: both parties must intend the agreement to be binding
- Certainty of terms: the main terms must be sufficiently clear and agreed upon
A verbal agreement that meets these conditions will generally be enforceable. The agreement might concern services to be performed in exchange for payment, the sale of goods, or various other arrangements.
Problems tend to arise when the terms were never properly clarified. If you cannot show what was agreed regarding price, timeframe, or scope of work, a court may find the agreement too uncertain to enforce. This evidential burden makes verbal agreements inherently riskier than written ones.
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When a Written Contract Is Required
Certain types of agreement must be in writing to be legally valid. No matter how clearly you discuss and agree terms verbally, these contracts will not be enforceable without written documentation.
Agreements that require written form include:
- Sales and transfers of land or property under the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989
- Tenancy agreements for residential property lasting three years or longer
- Transfers of copyright under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- Regulated consumer credit agreements under the Consumer Credit Act 1974
- Guarantees, where someone agrees to pay another person's debt if they default
These requirements exist because of the significant financial and legal consequences involved. Parliament has decided that written records are necessary to protect the parties and provide clarity in these specific situations.
If you are unsure whether your particular agreement needs to be in writing, seek advice. Citizens Advice can provide general guidance on straightforward matters. For complex legal questions, particularly those involving specialist areas like consumer credit regulation, consultation with a solicitor is advisable.
Why Written Agreements Are Worth Having
Even when the law does not require a written contract, putting your agreement in writing is usually sensible. This applies to arrangements between businesses, agreements with tradespeople, and many other everyday situations.
A written document confirms that both parties share the same understanding of the terms. It provides a reference point if memories differ later. And it gives you clear evidence if you ever need to take legal action.
Your written agreement does not need to be lengthy or use legal language. A straightforward document setting out the main terms will often suffice. Include what each party will do, the price or payment terms, timescales, and what happens if things go wrong.
For straightforward arrangements, an exchange of emails confirming the agreed terms can provide useful evidence. The key point is having a record that both parties can refer back to.
If you are entering into a more substantial agreement, consider using a proper written contract. For significant transactions, having a solicitor review or prepare the document may be worthwhile. The small effort involved in putting things in writing can save considerable time, money and stress if a dispute arises later.
A couple of weeks later I came to collect the money and the owner refused to give me the agreed amount or my chairs back. He began to say the chairs were not worth the money and 1 even broke. I then asked for my chairs back and he refused and told me to get out of his shop. He was very abusive and threatening. I told him I would send my husband down and I would like to have all 6 chairs back including the broken one. He was even sitting on one of them!
He quoted £3445 to clear hedges, a brick wall, concrete and paving from our 32 metre square yarden (bigger than a yard but not quite a garden!), the build new fencing, pave, lay some turf and build some flower beds.
At the beginning of the job he said it would be an extra £850 for a further 5 metre square area of paving which sounded very expensive.
He cleared the site and hedges, built the fences and installed a new gate. As we were not happy with the quality of the paving he had started we asked him not to continue any further and requested an invoice.
He invoiced £2560 for half the job having been completed. This sounded unreasonable and we felt we were being overcharged so paid £1970.
He is now demanding the extra £590.
Wherr do we stand with regards to paying the rst of this extortionate invoice?
Thank you in advance.
Anyway that was that never as easy as it seems, but says he can only draw the 25% of the pension now, which I did know about. So me being so happy to have something says well just give me 30:000 and I will be happy with that. Dah!!! He managed to give me 15 and I gave up work . Now two years and 6 months later ,having lived on that money it has now gone. I got in touch with him ,not having heard from him, and he said he was dreading telling me , but I could not get any more. Reason being he had found some paper work ,yes which said if I remarried it was null and void. I have read this in divorce before ,but not thinking I was getting anything went ahead in 2016. Now I have pleaded with him ,because I worked two jobs when he was building this pension up and had two children,it was hard work , for us both , I just think I earned that as much as he did ,no matter what. I did not know about the stipulation in the paperwork,because I did not get any , maybe my fault or both our faults ?? Also he should in my mind had that paper in the first place. Now I have had two yrs at home and still have 12 months till my state pension at 66. Can I do anything to get him to give me the other £15:000 , or am I on a loser, I have tried twice ,but he keeps refusing!! Any help would be great!!
thank you,
I have now been informed I can no longer do this.
Are they allowed to do this as a president has been set.
Can you clarify this for me. Yours Sincerely A Goulding.
Please advise on the best way to proceed.
The new agent then told me they will sell our property for £15:000 less than the home report, we spoke about my agreement with the other agent,,, I then get involved talking to the directors of the company and they tell me I must pay the home report within the 10 months and they no longer have a agent in our area and if I was to get a viewing,then I would have to take care of it,
The verbal agreement we had from the first agent was that no money would be payed till the house sold, But the company say they cannot uphold the agents verbal agreement with me nd my wife,,, can I get some help and advice please,, thank you
We then split up 2 years ago. I heard nothing about the car payment in the whole 2 years separated. The car is now worth 1000 if I'm lucky. Yet my ex wants me to pay 4000. Has threatened to take me to the high court over it. The car is and always has been in my name and I've paid for everything road tax, insurance repairs etc.
Where do i stand legally with this?
I have discovered that there is a land he sold of which an agreement was duly signed but he did not collect the Bal of kshs 100, 000/= he was to receive later on.
He fell sick and what happened is that the step mother, the buyer and a lawyer called him up to inform him that the balance he was supposed to collect was to cater for processing and transfer of the title deed. He accepted their demand verbally without signing down on the second agreement drawn down by the lawyer, the buyer n the stepmother.
Am I entitled to demand for the balance owing to the fact that my late husband did not sign having rcvd the money.? Kindly advice!
Back then he hadn't met anyone else and we were in contact and would see each other every week but a few months later, he met someone else and contact ceased.
While there is no animosity there at all regarding the fact that he has found another partner, (He is in his early 50's and we fully expected him to meet someone else, also we know that our Mum would have wanted this) his partner has now moved into the house.
Is there anything we can do regarding the verbal agreement we had about someone else moving into the preperty? This was all discussed in the solicitors office when we amended the will but was not written down.
I look forward to your reply.
1 Me being a trained car detailed could not set up in opposition to the buyer.Which I fufillied by going to work 10 miles away in other town.
2. I would stay on free of charge to teach him the ropes and help him with work he could not do.That I done.
3.All I asked was if he was ever selling the lease I hot first offer of getting it back.This did not happen.He sold it to an undertakes firm?.
DoI have a case for claiming back the costs that I built up working for free and travelling out of town for 12 months.I have witnesses who were present when we shook hands on it?.
Thanks for any advice
(she is family). Now my brother wants to sell it as he no longer needs it and he is the registered owner of it, but they are kicking off wanting it back,he is not selling for profit but for what he invested into it, there was kind of a verbal agreement but it was never really mentioned till now. Any advice
I am a consultant. I had an agreement with the client (the MD at the time) that if my services were no longer required he would give me no less than 3 months warning and would continue to approve payment on the same terms as before throughout that period. As I provide services on a time and materials basis, and we had agreed to an exclusive arrangement, we agreed that was a fair and acceptable contingency.
This had been agreed for 6/7 months until the MD was asked to leave the business at short notice on non-performance related grounds. The interim MD has now stated that he is uncomfortable maintaining this arrangement, although does not dispute that it was in place with his predecessor, and wishes to renege on it. There are other individuals in the organisation with similar arrangements, and my knowledge of this elsewhere posits that this is not unusual.
What grounds do I have for recourse? I feel that I am due the period of time agreed, and corresponding remuneration. The key issue for me is that no party denies that the verbal agreement was extant and definitive. Can you help advise please?
Thank you,
care home,the local council is waiting for the monies from the sale of the flat,which sold recently for
£105,000 less expenses (estate agents,conveyancing etc.)which brought the amount to say £95,000
I never claimed from my mother,never thinking she would end up in a care home,and I was her sole
beneficiary,so I was prepared to let the debt lie.I have a promissory note and a chaps payment record.
Can I enforce it before the council gets its money?
Many thanks
Chris
We didn't hear anything so chased it up. The member of staff couldn't find a record of the visit but said they would get back to us. We again didn't hear anything and went elsewhere. We haven't signed anything or paid any money. Can we be made to pay for any windows that they have ordered without our written authority
I am a non exec director of a company. Recently one of the other non execs who has left the company has asked for a verbal agreement made with the MD (they were friends but this has recently ended) to supply services to the company to be honered in full or has proposed a payment schedule which due to his knowledge of the company finances he knows could send the company into liquidation. We have been previously regularly servicing the debt and indeed he had said at previous board meetings quote ‘ don’t worry about the payment just keep paying back what the company can afford’ which has been happening- myself and the other directors acknowledge the debt - can we propose a revised payment schedule to him that the company can afford to repay the debt and how would we stand in this case if he took us to court or took this further
Where do I stand?
Kind regards
The car was sold for $10,000 dollars and I owed $7800.
I have been in touch with a lawyer/creditor/debt, and I verbally agreed that
maybe $150.00 was okay to pay per month. I also sent a letter to the judge stating if I could get a lesser amount that $7800 I would take it, that the 8.125% be dropped, and I would try to pay the bill. I never signed the document because I had a feeling something bad was coming up, and I was right my husband had gotten sick again. I was trying to pay the bill and I paid Aug, Sept, and Oct 2017. I just could not pay anything since I am down one income.
How should I approach the judge to give me 50.00 a month payment, I am willing to pay the $250 hourly fee, but now the lawyer wants $424 filing paper work, which I already paid and in total $750.00 I cannot afford this.
Please Help!
Enquired with a private company about having blood tests done to then potentially have private treatment with a medical dr depending on results.
The company is an intermediary that sources medical professionals rather than a registered medical company. Had the discussion over the phone and was quoted a price for the blood tests and told that I needed to go to the clinic to have the tests done.
At this stage was under the impression I was getting a quote and not making a commitment. I received an invoice for the blood tests the following day - but at this stage hadn't made up my mind if I was even going to do it or use this company. I have since decided not to use this company.
They haven't claimed (yet) that I owe them money but want to just check my standing in the event that they do - given I agreed for them to send me a quote
My estranged husband - on recently hearing I wished to divorce him - expressed a wish to reconciliation and offered to give me £1,500 in order to be able to buy a car and pay off some of my own debts.
He then talked me into buying his car for £500 and said he would insure us both on a multiple car policy - my share of the insurance being £300. He then transferred £500 into my bank (an amount from the £1500) stating he would look after the other £200 for me. We shook on the car deal which was to go through the following week when his new used car was delivered, but it later occurred to me that the car would have to remain in his name as both Owner and Keeper for the insurance to be valid. When I expressed some doubts about this he assured me if our reconciliation didn’t work he would still give me the car and the logbook and would not go back on his word. Several days later he became angry over a trifling matter and walked out of my home (he lives with this elderly parent in a house he part owns). He has not returned and has expressed he will not be doing so. He is refusing to hand over the vehicle (insured or otherwise) or any outstanding monies from our agreement (£1000 if he keeps the car). His new car arrives in a day or so and he intends to sell the car we shook on to his friend for £500.
I have nothing to state I bought the car as he was giving me the money to buy it, and I have no logbook or receipt. I’m still on his original insurance for the car as named driver but he won’t allow me any access to it or any further funds.
Do I have a leg (or four wheels) to stand on?
Please advise if I can take any further steps.
Thank you.
I work as a personal assistant for a disabled person, 2 weeks on 2 weeks off live in basis. I get paid (payslip) every 4 weeks. I work minimum 12 hours/day/ 14 days.
My question is: I am legally entitled to paid holiday after a year and if so, how many days?
When I start the job we had a verbal agreement.
I would very much appreciate if somebody will answer to me.
Myself and 3 sisters had a verbal agreement that when our mother died her house profits would be split. One of my sisters daughters had the morgauge put into her name when it was first bought over 20 years ago because of mums finance problems.
We all paid the morgauge between us untill we could not afford to and only one sister then carried on paying it.
Mum died last week and the sisters daughter has sold the property to her step dads business without telling us and not for the full market value. What can we do about this. The sisters daughter has never paid any morgauge payments and is emergrating to new zealand at the end of the month. What can we do
Thank you.
Isn't this a breach of terms?
After the funeral my sister has refused to sign over the rights. What are my legal rights to get her to sign them over? I do have a text message from her saying she will sign them over. I even offered to split any profit, if there is any.
On the 17th I received a letter and invoice from the surveyor asking for written confirmation to carry out the survey. I didn't return the form because I was no longer purchasing. Now the surveyor is asking for the 500gbp as they have completed the survey.
1. Why would the estate agents give authorization for the survey when they knew I had withdrawn?
2. Why would the surveyor complete it without contacting me to confirm?
3. Do I have to pay the fees?
Do we have a case if we were to take this to court. The seller has moved out the area and has not returned any communication.
Does the fact that repayments were made prove acknowledgement that it was a loan and do I have a chance of recovery of the debt via Small Claims Court?
Thanks
This obviously leaves us in a bad situation as I have already paid the moving company, which does not include the furniture. Selling everything separately will also be challenging due to a lack of time as we are both very busy. All those aspects are known to the agent.
From my point of view, the agreement described the condition of the furniture and not a suitable tenant. His argument is that the tenant seems to be most suitable and that is why he is going to go ahead, even though there is enough time to find someone until September.
I have also messages confirming the agreement made initially.
Dee
After four years my case is nearing the end. I am still having treatment for my injury and have insisted all the way through that I would not consider a settlement until my treatment was complete and I had a final answer whether it was caused by negligence or not. All evidence is looking as though it was. I have had treatment recently which has been successful and I'm due a follow-up appointment follow up appointment to discuss this in four weeks time. The defendant has admitted breach of duty of care but not negligence. The defendant made an offer to settle in December which was £34,000 compensation to be paid to the DWP for benefits I have received since losing my job.? They would also pay my costs of £100,000. I said that £5000 was not much after all I've been through and my solicitor said that she would phone the very next day and asked for another £5000 and as he was a reasonable chap and he would probably oblige.The money would be in my account the following week.My solicitor was trying to persuade me to accept this offer. She said that I have reached the limit that would be paid by my insurers of £100,000 and if I wasn't successful I would lose my compensation, psybthe defendants costs and anymore that are incurred to them. i was worried and seriously considered settling. explained all the way through that I will not accept any offer until my treatment is finished. I got home from the meeting I went through all the documents and there were questions that were answered from the defendant. The questions were asking whether or not the claimant was still having treatment and if so what kind of treatment? How does the claimant know that the pain is not caused by another ailment etc. Also, after checking recently my Legal cover is £200,000 with £50,000 Legal expenses. When I requested a meeting to discuss this with the solicitor, she refused. Eventually the solicitor agreed to a meeting which has never taken place. When I explained my reasons for wanting a meeting, the solicitor said that she did not want to blind me with science. I then contacted the Legal Ombudsman for advice although at that time I did not follow it through.
The solicitor has changed my barrister without informing me or telling me why. I first met the new solicitor two weeks ago. He was veru charming. He had been to court that morning to meet the defendant and the judge. He said the defendant was a reasonable chap and was eager to settle the case. I again explained why I would not consider a settlement at that moment. The barrister advised that we should make an offer to The defendant of £20,000 compensation to me, share half of the costs which were at £120,000 and not inform the DWP as it was government money and has just moved from pot to pot anyway. After bartering I would probably receive £17,000 and he would show me how to hide my money. This offer is not as good as the defendant made. I again repeated why I would not settle. There was
The outgoing MD and his PA both told me that the responsibility for our deposit had been agreed to be taken on by the new owners of the company. One of the new MDs confirmed this over the phone, stating that they had our money and would pay it back by the end of that week. On the Friday the other new MD phoned my husband to say that the other MD made a mistake and they would not give us the money.
I know that they have paid back other people in our position, 3 out of the 4 people stated that an agreement had been made during the prepack negotiations, although this does not appear to be documented, I have an email from the previous PA stating that the new company had our money.
The new company are not responding to my communications, the police have dropped the prosecution and we need our money back. Do I have a case of a verbal agreement from the first director when she told me they had the money and would definitely pay us back?
Many thanks.
I made a verbal agreement with my landlord for a 3 month period of time, March 11th through June 11th. I was not present when the lease was signed on March 12th by my boyfriend, but told him to make sure the lease said the 11th. The lease says it begins on March 1st, and on a month-to-month basis. My boyfriend (who has now learned a lesson), said that he verbally clarified with the landlord about the dates being the 11th and that the landlord said "yes, we already worked that out, but just for leasing purposes I had to put the 1st of the month." So he signed the lease, thinking we were all on the same page.
Backstory for understanding: There is a 6 week program for students to complete in the area. My boyfriend is ahead of me and was doing his 6 weeks before me. Therefore we needed a place for two 6 week periods, so I was looking for a 3 month rental. I explained this to the landlord and that is how we came to make this deal.
Well, now the landlord is saying he would have never made a deal like that because everyone else pays from the 1st of the month and all other students pay for 2 full months, regardless of the fact that the program is 6 weeks. So he wanted me to pay a full additional month, for the month of June, despite our verbal agreement.
As it turns out, I will not be doing my 6 week program. I had a friend who wanted to take over my lease and pay the remaining month (May 11th to June 11th). When I brought this up to the landlord is when he started to deny any agreement was made between us. The landlord already has a student who will be doing the program and who is interested in the place and paying the full 2 months coming up (May & June). So we will get our security deposit "if we are out by the 26th," because the lease requires a 30 day notice, so he would not return our deposit if we did not work with him and left at the end of the month instead.
None of this is an issue for us personally. We were planning to leave before then anyway. But what I am wondering is, is there a way for me to report that this guy made a crooked deal with me? It's not right and he shouldn't be allowed to treat people that way and try to screw people like that. I would like to report it, not to get anything out of it, but in case he tries to do this to someone else in the future, then they will have this story to back them up as well.
I am disabled and just about survive on benefits, however I did have some savings from prior to my accident which I used to pay the fees.
Would this be the type of issue I could pursue through small claims and is it likely I would win?
Any advice you can give would be great, this is not the first time he has borrowed money from one of his siblings, however I don't want to end up as another sister he hasn't/won't pay back.
This is a lot of money and has obviously upset her a lot. I am worries that they might hound her for the money or worse pass this to a debt collector. She is a fragile 87-year-old.
Where does she stand?
Many thanks.
Please advise. We moved into a rented property very quickly as the current tenants wanted to move out asap. The landlord was on holiday and therefore unable to view the property before the exsisting tenants moved and we moved in.
The current tenants wanted to sell their furniture to the couple that took over the flat they had came up with a sum of money. We said we wanted some of the furniture and would be willing to pay a sum of money. However we never received an inventory of what goods we would be getting, or had the chance to negotiate the price to what they estimated the value of their furniture.
Upon moving into the property we were met with a back yard FULL of junk, clothes still in the wardrobe and when greater expecting the furniture left it was worn and torn with some not fit for purpose.
We finally met our landlord who did a handover visit. He was apaulled by how they left the flat. We had to repaint every wall, skirting board and window ledge, change lights bulbs and the landlord had to put a carpet in.. we've not even been in 5 months yet..
They are now threatening to make a claim over the original sum of money we didn't agree to. Do they have a case?
Thanks
Thanks in advance for your help..
Rob
The Citizens Advice Bureau say it's my fault and I should have asked for the mooring agreement and basically I don't have a leg to stand on and the marina manager can use the courts/bailiffs to get the money for the 3 months notice period. Can they do this? When I spoke to the manager he just repeated that it's 3 months notice.
Thanks in advance.
On the 4th of January I spoke to the manager and said that we would definitely be leaving at the end of January to be told that we can't leave without giving 3 months notice and if we left we would still be liable to pay for the 3 months.
We didn't even know there was a mooring agreement until the day after we arrived. We also feel it is unreasonable to ask for a 3 month notice period when we specified that we wanted 2 months short term mooring. How do I handle this? Thanks.
Actually I started work at a company on the 18th of April 2016 with a salary of 175kd.MY boss told me he was going to increase my salary either to 120kd or 130kd depending on my work. At the end of the month of April right up to the end of the month of May, was not doing what I was employed for but merely doing research on his notes on the Certified Internal Auditing. I had to quite the job I was earning 200kd monthly to this present job because I new I will have a 20 or 30kd increase.
First week of September He told me I was terminated and he will give me till the 2th of December to get a new job. Also he has never increased the salary. When I asked why I was terminated he told me because my salary was too small but his brother told me there is no work and also he said he wants to bring in some body from Egypt but he will pay me a salary for the month of December.
He also told me my visa will be cancelled under his company but the ministry will give me 3 months to fine a job.
Please what can I do?.
I did this but before the woman was due to come back I was verbal asked even if the woman came backwould I carry on doing the job and I said yes . The woman is due to come back but has said she will not be returning but I have been told they are now restucking and they may not want me to do the job now and get some new staff . Where do I stand as still doing the job ?
I forgot to add. My father told me verbally that will always be my house otherwise I wouldn't have made any improvements. If he had told me it wasn't my house then I wouldn't have made any improvements what so ever and save my money for a mortgage for another house rather than paying all the bills and making home improvements.
Thanks.
My friend and myself planned a trip to newyork , I explained that I couldn't confirm until August but she went ahead and booked the trip using her mums credit card . I told her I couldn't go as circumstances have changed but she's now saying I owe her the £800 for the trip and she's taking me to court for them money . But she has been spreading lies about me on Facebook about being a scammer and tagged a lot of my work colleagues in on this so now it's effecting me at work . What can I do
Thanks in advance
The agreement was "after I finish paying off the vehicle she would switch the title over to my name".
From that day on I was paying her $280 a month on the vehicle and about $195 on her insurance for 31 months after she told me there was about $5,000 left on the vehicle (280x31=8680).
I had a slip and fall accident on 7/2/2016. During the time I was down, she paid someone to hot wire the vehicle and take it.
Before calling the police I called her to find out that SHE took it...
When I asked her Who, What, Where, When, Why and How, she didn't make any sense and offered me $2,000 out her pension whenever she does it forthe car.. I explained to her "You took the car and I want the money I gave you for it to help you out".
That's when she told me she wasn't giving me back NOTHING with only $512 left on the car and want to give it to her son now.. I also had over $1,500 worth of work tools and items in the vehicle when she took it..
Please help me!!!
I can't believe family would do such a thing..
What should I do..........???
Agreement pre house sale to vendor for additional goods in the amount of £5000. This was not set our legally as part of sake but was verbally agreed and subsequently agreed in texts. After missives concluded she is refusing to now honour this. Can he take her to court,
As I have honoured this agreement can he take me to court what are my options? thank you.
we tried to reroof the property which is split into two flats.
We both engaged in communications with a builder to provide an estimate to do the work.
Our Neighbour organised a start date with the builder and asked us to pay our share of the deposit, saying that she will wait for our confirmation before paying herself.
Having not heard from us, she phoned my partner. Which is where the dispute starts.
My neighbour claims that my partner agreed / or confirmed. My partner says that this is incorrect and in fact only agreed that we would not insist upon a joint bank account for the forth coming works.
Our neighbour then pays the deposit and says work will begin the following monday.
At this point we haven't paid any deposit, because we were waiting for an adjustment to be made to the initial estimate and we hadn't confirmed anything or even agreed to use the builder.
I then discover that the builders company is being dissolved and I write and tell the neighbour to get their deposit back, which our neighbour confirms is refundable.
in between I email our neighbour saying that we don't want to use this builder any more
months go by, then our neighbour advises us that the builder is now refusing to refund the deposit.
Our neighbour is now taking us to small claims court for the loss of their deposit, claiming that we are responsible for the loss of their deposit.
Anyone reading this, care to share some professional opinion.
I opted to wait until I'd read the letter, and after doing so contacted them to agree to registering with them. This time however, there was made mention of a few details that didn't sound exactly above-board to me; namely I'd have to register myself as a limited company to get onto a different tax rate. I voiced this concern down the phone and was assured that this was fine in the eyes of the law, so I agreed to registering with them.
Yesterday I was emailed the full terms and conditions, and there are several points in them that I'm not happy with signing at all. It reads like an administrative and possibly legal minefield, which requires me to sign things like: "Do you accept all risks and responsibilities of being a limited company?" along with several blank HMRC documents and a disclaimer that sounds more like a cowboy builder wrote it than a legitimate accounting firm. Add to that the constant pushing in the email itself to sign them as quickly as possible, and I think you can see why I'm unhappy with agreeing to this down the phone.
I'm going to talk to them later today and ask them why they withheld several pieces of decision-critical information until after I'd made the decision, but in the eyes of the law, is a verbal agreement still legally binding if it turns out to have been made based on misleading or deliberately incomplete information? At no point was I able to get the full terms explained to me until after I'd made the verbal agreement (and I asked for them at least twice before making said agreement), so where does the legal integrity of this situation stand?
In my case I had entered an oral agreement and was offered permanent accommodation by Newham council after their first possession proceedings from 2006 to 2010 was dismissed. A number of things had to be done, as the alleged rent arrears had to be written-off to allow bids to be placed on their choice based lettings scheme. A new tenancy agreement had to be signed that did not contain any unfair terms, which the previous agreement had contained and was to include a sum for water rates, which was the issue of their first possession proceedings (i.e. unpaid water rates that was not contained in the tenancy agreement as payable to them). The council then issued new possession proceedings not declaring that an oral agreement had been made to provide me with permanent accommodation. They had offered permanent accommodation but that had fell through and I was not given notice of my acceptance or not for this offer. They then offered temporary accommodation which I refused on the obvious grounds. They then discharged their duty to provide permanent accommodation to me and concealed from court that they had to reinstate their duty to provide permanent accommodation to obtain possession. I was evicted twice and re-entered twice to only be arrest, charge and convicted of squatting whilst reporting to the police that I had been defrauded of my home and personal property. I tried to have the possession order over turned on the grounds it had been obtained byway of fraud. I was ask to give a cause to why evidence (i.e an email) that had showed they had made an oral agreement was not disclosed earlier and he dismissed my application. I at the time did not see the need to reply, fraud is a criminal offence, but the court allowed the possession order to take place. and in my view aiding and abetting the council fraud to take unlawful seize both my personal property and home. I am still fighting them to this day and for the rest of my life I will pursue them
Do not yield to the pressure because what you where doing with your brother was simple courtesy. Any attempt to coerce you of your prize is not backed up legally by law and therefore you have nothing to fear.
During the afternoon the driver approached the brides mother to say that both cars were due to leave and for them to stay it would cost £150 per vehicle she agreed verbally. But it turns out that one of the vehicles wasn't due to leave and paid until 15.30 already. Because the hire companies agent stated that both vehicles were due to leave and this was the basis of her agreeing to them staying - where do we stand?
The owner of the company the day after also stated that we didn't have to pay and that he would sort out the wrong car issue after our return from honeymoon. We have since sent an email requesting a refund to the hire company and broker and he is now try to charge us more for the additional stay and threatening legal action. They are stating term and conditions but we were never given any at the time of booking or paying. Thanks
Would be greatly received. Thank you
Today I went car shopping and had told the other car garages that it's due to be swapped in by end of July ... We were then told by another dealer different to the one we are with at the moment that it's actually a 4 year deal meaning we would owe the last years payment if we were to swap it in this year. We were both adamant it was a 3 year deal and came home to check. Only to find out that we have a lease agreement with none of our signatures on. We only have one document with our signature and that's for a 3 year gap insurance. Now we think the sales person at the time lied to us that it was 3 years when it wasn't then gave us four year papers knowing once we read it all we will find out the truth. Where do we stand with this. Are we still leagally bound for another year even though we haven't signed the agreement or do we just tell the dealer and hope they are reasonable enough to let us part exchange with no negative equity or walk away from the deal altogether?
The reason why we need a new car is the current one is a fiat 500 and I'm 5 months pregnant so need a bigger car for another child as boot space and car seat space is scarce
Help!,
HMRC is now questioning the goodwill. I can quite understand that its market value might be contentious, and have no problems with having to argue that point.
However HMRC are also trying to argue that in the absence of a written sale agreement there was no transfer of goodwill, so that its valuation then becomes moot. It is true that there was no written sale contract. I did not consider it necessary as there was no prospect of either myself personally or my company entering into litigation with the other party to the contract.
If you accept that the goodwill had some positive (albeit uncertain) value, can HMRC's argument that there was no transfer be upheld?
my story cut off ill finish it on here,
I thought 3yrs was going to be hard to do but a yr I would have never bought the place Knowing I would have to move it , find land, fix the place and all etc.
ive been here a yr, can she just throw me out like that I own the mobile home on her land, can she have a truck hooked up to my mobile home and pull it down the road, can she make us get off her property since we been here a year. will our original verbal agreement hold up, Can she change the verbal agreement after I purchased the place like that , ETC , PLEASE HELP !!!
The Place was a dump and needed alot of work, all the floors needed fixed, the water lines were all broke, everything needed fixed , there was no siding on the back of the mobile home, etc ,She was suppose to write up an agreement and we were to sign it, she never did, she lives in another State!
A week after I purchased the place she called me and said neighbors were complaining about me and if it kept up I had to move the place, I told her I see where shes going, she got the place sold now shes changing the deal right away, she hung up . a week later she came into town and my mother told the family member that the well isn't working and I have to haul in water and the family member said don't worry about the $75 a month but I should find property and move the mobile home asap.
During this time I put gravel in the driveway, kept the yard mowed, cleaned the place up it was a dump.
I messaged her about a month ago and told her I been looking for property and who moved the mobile home originally for her so I could get a quote . SHE NEVER ANSWERED, SHE was suppose to come to town twice and stop in when she was here, she never stopped over when she was in town.
So I messaged her today and told her I been looking for property still and I'm putting a off grid water system in for it to stay so when she moves back she can use it and in a week I'm putting more gravel in the drive way.
She sends a text that sorry but our agreement was that in a yr I had to move and the end of june is my year .
I told no she never told me that , and she asked if she should 3way my mom to refresh my memory, I said yes, because she may have said that to someone else but not me .She went on to text me that either ill move it or shell have it moved and I replied well it is what it is ill do what I can but so she knows shes really Screwing me . She starts flipping out that I'm running my mouth and shell be in town in 2 weeks I can run my mouth to her face, I asked her what she going to do assult me , she then goes on to say now I only have 2 weeks to move the home. I said my as well make it a week because I'm going to accomplish the same thing In a week.
my mom comes over and texts her on my phone and tells her she never said we had a year and of course shes saying she did and then my mom tells her were looking for land, well have it gone asap but its not going to be in 30 days and her reply was well its going to be moved our way or her way but its going to be moved.
Now b4 I bought the place she was nice as pie saying I could have my son move in which he did, and I will save money and I have 3 yrs to find property , I was thinking its going t
In addition I repeatedly asked for a written contract (for around 2 months) And a day before I was fired I was given it. Does this mean anything?
I also read the contract after and it suggest that the commission scheme is run by the company in absolute discretion. Which means I have no rights to claim it back. But this was never mentioned to me. And I am scared they will use it against me. Please may I be given some advice.
Therefore, I advise you look through past records to check if there is anything written down regarding his employment. However, a charity should produce a written agreement, but in trying to implement this you would have to tread cautiously as if changes are made without consent it may entitle your manager to resign and bring a claim for unfair constructive dismissal. If you have any doubts you may also wish to give ACAS a call.
The manager was employed on a verbal contract more than 20 years ago, but the last of the trustees present at that time passed away some years ago.
As the current trustees have no knowledge of what was verbally agreed, is that verbal contract still legally binding?
The charity has grown considerably over the years and we have tried to negotiate with our manager to vary his terms of employment, but he will only stick by his original verbal agreement, the details of which are now only known by him and on which he is not very forthcoming.
Therefore is there anything we can do?
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MY LEGAL RIGHT IS TO THIS ::
now I have keep records of this in the way of hours 7.25 times 4 hours a day for six days a week is a sum total 174 a week he has failed to take weekly pay out in the sum of 174 to the total amount stated above and has also failed to report that I am legally working in this store from March 15th to May 20th now I have been adding this up in everway possible if you take the 174 a week times that y the standard four weeks would be 696 a month now mind they aren't taking out taxes for ths either so if I took 696 and times that by three months is 2,088 dollare he leagal say still owe him I would like to know what to do about this regardless I will be moving with my security deposit cause he says he has a legal righto keep it
I would be very interested to hear your view on this.
What possible defense do I have?
My question is, can I take legal action should they decide not to approve my contract? It has been three weeks now since I have been informed that I have been chosen to fill in the position. I do regularly follow-up with the assistant who by the way refuses to follow-up on the status of my contract with the chairman.
Undoubtably the CCTV camera overlooking the cashier will confirm a handshake took place. Is this a verbal contract within law?
Thanks
I entered in to A JOINT application for 125,000 funding with a landlord. it took three years and without exaggerating I did everything, the applications, the planning, the drawings, business plans everything. the landlord was awarded 125,000 for my business, for my jobs, my outputs, my business.
6 months later he told us he did not want it and had given it back. then because of a fraud investigation in to another farmer, and a parliamentary invegiation in to defra that after three years fully upheld my complaint. we met secretary of state at parliament. during that meeting I found out the landlord had never given it back but kept it. he was made to hand it back. it goes without saying we then lost our business and home.
it was a group of farmers, an agent all lieing to obtain millions. covered up by defra.
can I sue over breach of agreement/contract. I can prove my envolvement.
thanks
steveeasy
In a recent conversation about Wills and my wishes for the estate , he indicated that , despite accepting that he had paid nothing into the house for 9 years , that he feels that, should I ever sell the house, that he should reap some of the profit from the equity as it stands now .
This has really unnerved me as I'd been safe , n the knowledge that the house was MINE .
IF he did decide to go for a portion of my equity , would I have a valid case with regards to our verbal contract that was made when we split? .
Thanks for any advice
I am now 60 and I calculate that they are withholding over £34k from me......if this was a private company there would be a case to sue. Why not the government?
I tried calling the attorneys office again (who is an out of town attorney) to try to get the original agreement and let them know I never received a written agreement in the mail like they said and bottom line they don't care and want to garnish my wages.
My question is since the "verbal agreement" was not honored as they said it would be can I ask the court to enforce the original verbal agreement?
Is this legal or can I go higher and have that decision over rulled
My ex partner and I signed a document that we formulated together when I found out that after 4 years of living together he was married. This was devastating to say the least. My ex partner was the breadwinner in the relationship and due to the fear of his wife finding out stated in the contract that he would pay me an amount of money until I found employment. Now he has breached this agreement by completely ignoring me and threatening me. How can I go about with this? The clause in the agreement states that if he breaches I must immediately get in touch with his wife and tell her about us. Help!
I cannot take it all anymore and have to move but now he says he as a life interest in it and that I said in 2002 that he could live in it til he dies.
I never said such a thing and to make matters worse in 2007 I needed to re mortgage the house to pay his outstanding debt to a council for 60K.
Please advise as he says hes going to get an injunction to stop me selling the property. His son lives next door. I feel like a prisoner and its made me very ill and my daughter too.
Regards
His daughter is still in full time education doing B-Tec course in sixth form
We only ever agreed terms over a verbal contract. I have proof he used to pay 40 pound per week to our bank account and now it has stopped so where do I stand with reclaiming the child maintenance he owes?
I provide marketing services for small businesses. I have worked fro 1 particular client for 2 years now, working 8-15 days each month, largely from their offices. About 18 months ago, the MD of the client offered me a performance bonus, which I turned down. I said that instead I wanted a degree of security in our working arrangement as we had no contract and I rarely received feedback. He said that if the time came when they no longer wished to retain my services, I would receive 2 months notice on the basis of 8 days per month.
I am now hearing rumours that my services will be dispensed with next month, and whilst I am confident our verbal contract is binding, I would like to understand how best to achieve the agreed terms amicably.
My granddaughter was walking the dog in a park, the dog was on a lead. Granddaughter had a seizure and the dogs leash fell out of her hand. A couple was walking towards her. The dog became protective as did the man who started kicking and yelling. The dog then bit the woman, quite a substantial injury.
The lady, who had no sick pay left, had to take a week off work and we agreed to pay her a weeks wages and medical expenses. Her husband chose to take time off work as well.
We got another message from her asking for more money saying that she had to take another week off because of infection and intimating that taking the necessary antibiotics could potentially harm the baby. She also implied that it may take years before any consequences were known. She said that her husband had to take more time off work. She also keeps mentioning that she doesn't want anything for pain and suffering.
The wording caused us concern so we got some legal advice which was that we were not required to give her anything. However we did feel some moral responsibility even though it was just an unfortunate accident beyond our control.
Another text came from her saying that she would accept a further $2000 and she would write it off as a bad experience, and we would never hear from her again.
We will negotiate that with documentation from her but want to word a document for her to sign saying that this is the end of the matter. What advice?
I am in a shared ownership with my brother in the house we live in, we have purchased the house 10 years ago and we all still there. I am not on the mortgage, only him and his wife. I went in partnership on the basis of TRUST, I have payed half mortgage from the beginning upto now, I do not have all the proof of reciept, most of it was cash deposit into his bank, the last 2 years has been wire transfer with no reference, I have no proof of address either because all my Correspondenc address is at my business address. Now my brother and his wife have changed the mortgage lender and would not give me the new figures to carry on paying half the mortgage. Now I really don't know what to do, I went in with him all on trust and verbal. I have all my family members as witness and neighbours to confirm I was living there.
Can anyone please give me some advise, thanks
I wish to cancel, in the agreement that i have now received after being with them for 4 years, its states that i need to give 3 months notice. Thats not a problem but if you don't do it in the 12 month automatic renawal time you will have to complete another full 12 months?!
Can i get out of this as they will not be at any loss by me ending the contract?
Thanks!
We recently rung to organise this and were dismissed rather rudely by the same owner - stating he would not have said this. In other words calling my husband and I liars. When my husband explained that had the offer not been given then he would have had no reason to call and book the service? At which point he was informed "you would be surprised at the deceit of some people". Our service was refused. I decided to warn other people to make sure any offers from this store were not taken on a verbal contract I placed an explanation of what happened and mentioned the dishonesty shown by the owner in trying to obtain the sale. He had spent a good hour and a half with us in the store trying to gain this sale and the service is what persuaded us to buy from this company rather than one we had been to previously who had not offered us a deal, we even discussed this other company with the owner.
I have now received a letter from a solicitor warning me to remove my complaint from their clients Facebook page or face legal proceeding? Anyone know where I stand?
Obviously she did nothing other than refund part payment and not reorder the product leaving me out of pocket. Do they have to follow through with their promises?
I signed an order form and a price was agreed. The salesman also promised me £500 worth of free fuel in the form of a pre paid card when I collected the vehicle. I also requested GAP insurance so if the vehicle was a total loss in the first three years I would receive the full purchase price not just the market value.
The order form does not show the free fuel offer or the GAP insurance. I questioned this before signing but was assured both items were included in the price agreed but were not shown on the invoice / order form for company reasons.
I have been contacted today 10/11/2015 by a different salesperson as the person I dealt with no longer works for them.
They asked me to choose my registration number and we agreed a date to collect my new car. They then told me the price I had agreed did not include the GAP insurance worth £400 and I was not entitled to the £500 worth of free fuel as this offer was not applicable to my order.
This has left me with a £900 price increase over the price we had agreed.
Where should I go from here as I am not happy.
He claims his integrity was called into question by the person he was going to sell the car to afterwards. I previously gave him permission to show our email chain as proof he never received the car in the first place. He chose not to do this.
I have had numerous emails from him threatening me with legal action if I don't pay him want he wants.
Where do I stand regarding this?
Should I pay him?
Sincerely: ghostface5006
There was never any amount agreed. Now they are not letting me have unpaid leave at Christmas. I have a fiancé that is studying in the Philippines. I tell them that is why I would like unpaid leave.
They said that they would sort it out with HR but never did.
What are my rights under English contract law, and can I sue her for breach of contract.
He agreed to pay me for my time which would be £2,500, it took a year to complete, and at the end he never paid me for my time.
Can any action be taken to recover
My wife agreed to work at a kids summer camp for a friend. An agreement was made that our two children would attend the camp free of charge and my wife would be paid a reduced rate.
A month after the camp has finished the friend is not a friend anymore and they have sent by email an invoice for our children's attendance. They paid my wife the reduced rate by cheque.
Please can you give some advice on where we stand in disputing the invoice. My wife is fearful that bailiffs will be knocking on the door next.
Many thanks
Please
I was approached by a old family friend to work for his building firm.But as he was a limited company and I have had trouble with them in the past I declined. He then said this would not be a problem as I would be working for him direct and he would just pay me through his company. Now 6 months down the line after hundreds of texts promising me money which I have saved . Im owed over £12,000 and was told Fri not to contact him any more deal directly with the liquidator of his company. Would the verbal agreement I have with him personaly stand up in court?
Please can anyone help?
My employer gave me a wage advance of which I was going to pay back x amount monthly straight from my wages. There was no contract or terms agreed at all.
I didn't expect to leave the company but did due to my own company getting busy. As a result they are claiming all the money back in one lump sum.
My thoughts and understanding is that as there was not a context in place they cannot enforce it.
The only verbal contract we had was that I will pay direct out of my wages..
I appreciate that I had the money (and spent it) but the law is the law and the law says that a full agreement needs to be in place doesn't it?
I just need to know what stance I should take
Thanks in advance
Tbw
Many thanks
My husband was interested in a Golf 5 that one of the relatives was selling, so he took it. They had a verbal agreement on the terms of payments. He paid him R34000 by March 2015 and was left with a balance of R16000.His contract was then terminated before ge could pay tge balance. Now he received a summons that he must pay the whole remaining balance. How can he handle this.?
Me and my fiancé recently moved into a cottage and verbally agreed 12 months.(But nothing has Been put in writing) But we didn't know the place had damp. ?? my fiancé has respiratory problems so have had to look elsewhere. But we need to get the bond back. Does anyone know if we could get the bond back?
Many thanks J
We now want to sell the caravan. The site owner has told us he wants £3,600 from the sale. One minute he says it is the commission he would be paid if he put a new caravan on the site. Then he goes back to this "coming on site fee".
We have already paid this. he says it has to be paid again when we sell. There is no written agreement.
He has threatened to tow our caravan off site. We have lost a sale because of the dispute. We want to take him to Court for the loss. How do we calculate the loss? We now are unable to sell. His family have threatened us and our caravan, so we are unable to even go on site to collect our belongings from inside the caravan. He is demanding rent for the site we cannot use.
I had a written tenancy agreement; when i wanted to move out I asked the landlord if the months termination notice could be reduced as I needed to move as soon as possible; she agreed to it if I moved out in 5days(end of the month). After checkout in the morning and handing the keys back and her being happy with the inventory, she changed her mind in the afternoon and is now demanding a full months rent;
Have I got any rights to refuse to pay as she did this via text and verbal agreement, there is nothing in writing.
I applied this year and got the full amount but they sent me a letter last week saying that they are now retracting the first payment that I got last year from my loan this year.
I called again and the agent assured me that they had done it wrong and that I would get my full loan back again with a definite yes again and the end advising she would send out written correspondence. Also saying it would be sorted by Thursday and back by then.
I looked yesterday and the money wasn't there so I called again and they informed me that I was told the wrong information by both the agents that I can't get the money back because it makes it 'easier' to take it out now.
I am as of yet to get a call back form a manager about this as I know that it is wrong.
Surely would this verbal agreement be more binding especially because I was told twice on different occasions I would get my full amount?
In a big meeting in July the director who was allegedly to sign off the paperwork to confirm my permanent status, welcomed me to the team as the permanent member of staff in front of about 30 people.
Since then I've hurt my back and been told the department may be having a restructure and I no longer have the permanent contract or promise to do so.
They have extended me by 3 months.
Where do I stand in this? After being told I was going to be made permanent and it being confirmed by the director, I bought a car on finance.
I heard nothing more, received no invoice, nothing. Assumed, like other contractors, having been to the site he had changed his mind.
Got a call this morning to say windows ready, and wants to install, I do not want these windows as have now made other arrangements, contractor says we have a verbal agreement and I have to pay.
He says we have a verbal contract, I said having not had invoice (he said one was sent from his Sage system but has been unable to provide proof it was sent and I have checked my emails and have received nothing) and not having paid the 10% I don't see why he went ahead and ordered them... he said he trusted me?
Do I have to pay for these windows?
Thanks
My pony all the years I own him because of his condition,could not be ridden or jump,all he could do was be a buddie in a field all year round.
My name is on his passport, I had money troubles,and had to rehome my pony,by putting up an add,describing my horses condition,it would have to be a 5*home.
No one was interested because of my ponys condition.weeks went by and I got a private message from an equine place asking could we meet up to look at my pony,which I agree.my friend and I met at my ponys field he said he heard I was selling a pony,I told this man no my pony was free to a5*home were I could see him when I wanted to, I told the man my ponys condition,and he seem to know about ring and side bone.
The man said that all he wanted my pony for was to stay in his field to be with his mare and foal,he said I would still own my pony,and the field would be free to me,because my pony was helping his horses out.
I was over the moon with this he said I could go up and see my horse when ever I wanted to,then he ask for my ponys passport which I knew and he said needed to go with the pony.
I never saw my pony again this man I found out was a horse dealer who sold my pony to someone who I know takes him x-country high jumps and galloping,this man knew my pony was unfit and my pony in a matter of time with his condition go lame for good and he will have to be destroyed and there is nothing I can do police said as far as they are concern he owns the horse,because the vet destroy the X-rays I can't get RSPCA In to help with no poof
I own a business and sent my assistant manager on a training course that cost us £300. We explained to our employee that we would pay for the course as long as she stays with us for a year (verbal contract?) if she left before then, she would need to pay us back for the course. Four weeks after finishing the course she has handed in her notice and is refusing to let us take the amount for the course out of her holiday pay. We have asked her for £270 as our business benefitted from her knowledge from the course for four weeks. So we have covered £30 of the course. Do we have a right to hold back her holiday pay?
I continued working but still did not receive any further payment despite issuing invoices (mad to carry on I know).
During a meeting I stated that I would carry on with my efforts but take payment direct from clients to work off the debt they had built up towards myself, this would still be under the terms agreed previously, so they would still be paid their share out of the debt they owed me.
It now comes to pass the they have not and will not for fill their obligation to pay certification fees out of the debt they owe, consequently clients are not receiving the full service they had paid for as only the company I verbally contracted to is allowed to pay the company that issues certificates.
Help
When I received the money we started to date. The first month he said that the people whom him deposit the money to for the car were frauds. So the money s gone and there is no car.
And we broke up a month thereafter I asked and beg for my money, but he always just want to meet in person, cause he know I wouldn't. I always say we agreed apon him paying every month 1000 so we have nothing to say.
He blocked my nr and is never at work when phone. This month I'm paying the last installment and I haven't received a cent from him. What should I do as it s an old case??
I kept calling the fitter to see when he could install but heard nothing back for 3 weeks. Eventually got hold of him and he said that I was in a 5 week cycle and he would get back to me.
7 weeks later and still no joy until tonight. He rang to say he had the door and could he come round and fit them.
I explained that I didn't want them any more as I'd not heard from him for 7 weeks and that I'd got another person round to do the job and have paid them.
He now says that if I don't he will go through the courts!
All I want to know is
a) can he do this as he never informed me to say he was getting the doors and gave me a date?
b) there was no quote to say how much, what work he would be taking out
If anybody out there would care to read this and answer I would be eternally gratefull
Many thanks boycie
We waited for a next month and asked again the HR people who has offered contract and that time she said has not forgotten but she said too busy with other paperwork. Since then, nothing has been done.....
A week ago reoffered the same contract to us .....and when we asked them about our previous contract they have ignored .
What we can do in this situation because everyone who has been contract they got full time permanent and a benefit and for us offered only 11 month permanent contract only we losing a money and better job prospects during this time.
Thanks in advance any help
Sophie and Andrea
As they did not complete the work and the car was not ready for collection as promised is this a breach of contract?
I own a paint company and priced a job and submitted the price quote to the woman who owns the residence. She called back the next morning and left a voicemail saying she would accept the agreement if we took off the garage service. I spoke with her on the phone and we agreed on the service minus the $600 for painting the garage. I resent the Service agreement and she responded asking if I took credit cards and I responded yes.
I then asked to do a walk thru with my lead painter that afternoon at 4pm in which her husband attended. From there, I went and bought the paint for the job and left a voicemail with her asking to call me with a start date.
She emailed me 48 hrs later saying she was unaware that her husband had already agreed to the service with another company and she would not need our services.
Do I have a case here given her verbal agreement via voicemail and discussion?
Is this true?
signed in court under the British Civl Law case?
Your advice in this regard would be much more appreciated.
Regards
zubair
Thank you.
what kind of action can take in such matter?
She died two weeks ago. My Dad found out today that she changed her will to only leave him half the house. The rest is to be shared between two out out of her six grandchildren.
Where does Dad stand?
17th June 2014 I've taken it out she keeps up the payment to me in till November 20th 2014 from that date I don't receive any more payments from her what's of ever. She own me about £249.50 that's from December till now n it's 2yrs contact
I Don know what to do about this coz she used her kids to don't pay up
. What right I've got on this problem if she don't pay up? Thanks
of what I had for her own personel freedom, so I gave her £44.000 with one stipalation that she put my name on the house deeds so we both agreed the money went into her bank, but she never put my name on the house deeds,every two months I would ask when she was going to do it,each time I got nasty reply, I'm doing it.
then sudenly she asked for a divorce.
can you please give advise.
Thx
At one point he had a one bedroom flat of his own in which she used as a hoilday home.
Since he has died she has refused to give the his grandchild any of the money that their granddad had said was for them. The bank acount in with the money was left in for the childern she has sign his name and taken the money out for her self
please could you give some advice on this as i think this lady has broken the law in many ways then one over a long period but dont know how to deal with this problem as my children is dead
What's actually happened is all along it would appear he's intending on living there for the next five years. Lots of things have come out of the woodwork and he's not answering my calls/texts moved in and has changed the locks.
Where do I stand? It's 20K, no written agreement who would have though your family would rip you off, my parents are refusing to back me up as they're scared of him. Will I just lose it?
Thanks for any advice
I'm a teaching and I agreed (by email and by telephone) with a student to give some private tuitions. There wasn't a formal contract but a general agreement about how many lessons and the cost of it (this was by email). Now, the student own me money and she seems not willing to pay the money for the service I have already delivered. Moreover, we agreed for a number of 30 hours of tuition and she come just for 4 hours. What can I do in this situation? I would like at least have my money back....Some suggestion?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Iam. Shocked , still now they say I owe them over £1000 this started over 3 years ago can you tell me how long they can persue you thanks.
This is as short an example i can give but does it sound like i have a valid case to argue with.
this was 2 weeks labour
I was then called one week before and was told it was not ready for two weeks with no work had to scrape by then was told it was ready when I already had work booked in so could not do it for them then got a bad review
can i claim?
Unfortunately, I have not seen him for two months and I do not trust him as his work, in part, is substandard.
I completed payment in December 2012 and there is much work that is out standing, to which, I have been quoted from another builder will cost me a further £5000 to complete.
The contract we had was verbal, there is no written quote nor receipts to support my claim, although, the building inspector has been out on two occasions and he is the named builder.
In sum, I want the work completed on my home, but not by him. Would I be entitled to compensation so I can pay another builder to complete the work?
Then in Feb, my boss left and the new boss said that he could not agree to this agreement and rescinded it. Although the agreement was verbal, I do have email communications refering to the agreement. I have been doing the additional role since may14 and they have said that my pay will be reviewed only, as before but with out the £5K. Where do I stand with this as I understand if we came to an agreement and I accepted, and carried out the additional duties they should honor the agreement?
Thanks for your help
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
landlord ask me where I am going and when will come back? I told landlord I am going to Overases, if I delay to coming back, I will pay you whatever the arrears I owe you. Landlord says: no problem. This transaction was made during my farewell conversation with landlord.
Landlord breached the verbal agreement, sued me at Ontario LTB 35 days later after landlord cashed the last cheque, while both LTB and Landlord knowing tenant still remaining Overseas,
tenant unknowing there was a Hearing. Therefore, Landlord successful got eviction order against tenant and Captured tenant remaining huge valuable tntelletual property which is more value than the whole House. Landlord repeatedly ignored and refused arrears and legal fees payment, by taken action captured and disposed tenant 40 years livelihood property. I was living that whole house for last 21 years. Please tell me does the initial verbal agreement made during my farewell conversation is a legal binding to the court? I am living in Ontario,
which court I can sue landlord for fraud by breached verbal agreement and can I win the case? Thank very much for your reply.
My sister & I do private home care in peoples houses. We were asked by a Son to look after his Mother in her own home 12 hrs aday. We told him our rates and how we worked. He agreed to this. We have been working with his Mother now for 4 yrs in her home on a self employed basis and have been paid the same rates as ageed 4 yrs ago.
Last week the Son has told us he wants us to take 17.5% off our hourly rate!! This will take off £35.00 a day from our wager and for me I will loose £500 a month!
Can he do this?? after all he agreed the price 4 yrs ago. My sister & I want to say NO this is our rates and this is what you agreed to pay and have paid. Would love some good advice pls.
These parts were quoted as 3 consecutive emails and the order was taken via telephone 2/3 days later " yes carry on with those jobs"
After the parts were delivered I received a telephone from call from the customer saying he hadn't order all of the quoted work only some.
This I said wasn't made clear and had produced all parts quoted against a telephone verbal order to "carry on with those jobs you quoted"
The value of this bespoke work is £730, it as no value as resale.I have offered to meet halfway at £385.
Would a small claims court think this was fair and reasonable, the customer was refusing to accept any monetary liability, but of this morning has offered to pay £192.50 and claims this to be the mid point.
Thoughts welcome.
I run a small 1 man courier outfit that has been doing a nightly collection from Slough to Manchester .
I have been doing this for nearly 5 yrs (x4 night's a week).
I get paid monthly from the company that had me doing the job and was always good at what I did.
On the 12th Feb 15 as I was on my last run to collect, I received a phone call telling me it was my last run .... EVER.
No notice or anything !!!!
I do not have a written contract as such but I do have a document from the company that I worked for stating me/ my company as collector of the job.
Do I have a leg to stand on as to some form of payment at such short notice ?
Hope you can help.
Kind regards
Mark
she is taking us to court for the terms fees as in her paperwork it ssys a terms notice is required
i only signed a monthly payment paper with the date sept11-july12 ... my daughter left in march13 ...
my daughter did sign a student contract which was for the sept10-july13 this was signed by her and yhe principle in dec12...no copies were ever given to us....she also in that time moved her fown a year and when i complained moved her back up a few months later
do i have any rights?
What are my right
Any advice or help would be very much appreciated.
Sarah :)
We then fell out and I refused to give her the money, I withdrew the goodwill gesture. She is now taking me to the small claims court as she said we had an agreement and she cancelled the holiday because I said I would refund her lost deposit.
I didn't think a good will gesture was legally binding?
There were no terms and conditions of this verbal agreement.
Also she didn't send me a letter advising me she was taking legal action she just did it.
Where do I stand?
I was verbally told i would be put forward for promotion and told i would be given more responsibilties and extra pay. I have been told this for weeks. Then today they have given the managers postion to an old employee who went traveling and is back for a while. I feel betrayed. I want to know if i have a leg to stand on?
Hop skip jump~ now facing court charges, Objectively speaking, my father feels very strongly against pleading guilty purely because he hates the idea of being proven guilty of something he did not do wrong. the old woman's family are saying that he has been stealing this money, and has not had the authority to do so. despite having been given the card and pin number and barely taking money out for himself.
Because this was a casual trusted agreement, he even put his own money forwards to pay for petrol/gas and some of the food shopping himself, just to save himself a trip, or to save her some money.
the evidence that suggests something has been done wrong, is based on a few transactions that are for himself, his agreed carers allowance. he has never taken the full amount, and has just done so for a family members birthday.
everything here, is impossible to prove, why is this going to court, its dangerous to take this kind of investigation into a court, very dangerous, lets say hes innocent, there is no proof of either or, so then its down to the choice of the boffins making the decisions, its dangerous because of one simple thing. little old woman who is sick versus average Joe bloggs.
You see how dangerous this is? no action should be taken outside of ending the agreement. it will be an absolute mockery of the justice system if this ends with my father being guilty, not because he is or isn't, but because there is literally no tangible evidence to support it.
i will be see'ing how things go in court, looking through the evidence personally, and if this does end how i think it is going to end, it is a mockery of the phrase all law stands behind.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Doesn't matter about how the system works, why it works, and all the usual excuses.
Clear right and wrong must be upholded, punishing someone without absolute certainty, is not right.
My bank manager agreed verbally to transfer an interest only loan onto a repayment loan after 15 months when we took it out.We had borrowed to pay for building work. When it came to the transfer he demanded immediate repayment,with threats to close our business and sell our homes.His internal notes ,the omnsbudsman said, showed that he always intended to do this;although we were not aware and would'nt have taken the loan out if we had known.
I had a verbal agreement regarding employment which was followed with minutes of the meeting from myself to the other person.There were several emails but all from me to him. Now the other person is denying agreement as he did not agree in writing although several items in the agreement has been delivered.
My question is: Is the minutes of the meeting and emails ( though unidirectional) admissible in court?
We purchased a used car 2011 from the local Toyota Dealership, the saleman talked us into signing the deal that evening, by offering a reasonable amount for our old care. At the time we did say we preferred one with a fitted sat nav system. He did not have one on stock so sold us our spec but withour sat nav, advising we could buy a stand alone unit.
Next day I researched the internet and found a car that had a sat nav, a lot cheaper than ours by £1500, at another Toyata dealership. I asked them to source this care for us, he advised that he could not do this, as they can only access there own holding sites. He agreed to hard wire a stand alone sat nav in the car, which we brought and left with the dealers. Prices were comparable to other dealers.
When we went to collect the car two weeks later, we were advised the sat nav was not completed as it would void our warranty. We refused to collect the car that day. Why were we not informed they could not do this earlier?
The saleman then advised whoever told us this was a new rep, he would arrange for a sat nav to be properly fitted by exchange from another car, which he would expect to come in within two weeks. He first said we should pay about £500 towards fitting, then when I advised that we had been overpaid for the vehicle compared to the one we had seen up north and that also we had been messed about he agreed to fit it free of charge and shook hands to this effect.
The saleman then moved to another branch, the new sales manager advised me this could not be done now, they can either hard wire a sat nav in or we could expect to pay £1100 for a factory fitted nav in the car. I have written to them advising that as I had been promised fitting free of charge, they should honour this agreement. I did not get anything in writing, apart from another rep being aware of the conversations with our sales rep.
Can we take this further?
AS OF THIS DATE THE 4X4 IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I AM UNABLE TO GET IT TOGETHER BECAUSE I DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO PEICE IT BACK TOGETHER MYSELF.
IS THIS LEAGLE?OR A FRAUD?A SCAM I DONT KNOW BUT NOW I AM OUT TWO TRUCKS ONE OF WICH WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME I GAVE IT TO SAID MECHANIC TO FIX UP HIS CAMERO AS WELL AS MY TRUCK.
Can they legally do this, or do they have to honour their original quote?
( manufacturers retail sale price ) called the salesman and told him I wasn't happy and I want to cancel my purchase he said there was no such thing as a return policy on the car. I got screwed over. What should I do?
I wrote him an email explaining my situation and gave him 1 months notice to vacate. He said that he would be happy to end the lease if I paid for 2/3 of re advertising cost. Am I liable to pay for this??? I can hardly even afford to pay the rent at the moment.
Sadly my grandfather passed away the estate got sorted after 12 months and the tax was paid. There was not far short of 300k left over. I mentioned to my mother what my grandfather had said she said"he told you what you wanted to hear" I told her it was his wishes and she had spent 72 years of her life doing what he had told here to do and now she wouldnt carry out his wishes". Months passed and i was getting frustrated about this. She turned up one morning and plonked an old bag on my kitchen table and pulled out 5k. She said "heres some money and i will bring you some more soon".After driving me crazy for almost a year she admitted what my grandfather had said and that i was due half the money but changed the story that it was up to her when she was going to give it to me and that i could have it when she died. Shes contradicted herself and lied all the way along with all this. Our relationship which was a close one has totally broked down. Im that disgusted with her behaviour that im putting my house on the market and moving away as i never want to set eyes on her ever again.
Can anybody help or give me some advice please?
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