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HOW NEW LAWYERS SHOULD FIRST ADDRESS FAMILY LAW MATTERS WITH THEIR CLIENTS

The first thing not to do is to offer legal advice over the phone when a potential client calls up a newly called lawyer and wants...

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: Pre-Trial Applications

A lawyer becomes a “solicitor of record” after she or he has undertaken to act for a client and has appeared in court to get the...

THE SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT: The most important agreement of your Company!

First and foremost a contract, a shareholders agreement has all the ingredients thereof, for it to be binding and legal.  There is an offer and acceptance,...

ESTATE TRUSTEE: FREE RADICAL OR LOOSE CANNON?

Having known that the estate trustee authorized by the will is like a free radical (definition: a chemical ion free to do anything), it remains to...

ESTATE LITIGATION: Battle of the Wills

With the Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee already in the hands of the supporter, the proceedings to challenge a will cannot be commenced by filing...

ESTATE LITIGATION: Overturning the last Will & Testament of a deceased!

When someone seeks to overturn the last will and testament of a deceased, the proceeding is known as a challenge to a will. Generally, the validity...

ASSIGNMENTS: Assigning your lease, rights in a partnership or intellectual property

Just like any other contractual right, real estate property rights can also be assigned. But, there are special duties and liabilities attaching to transfers of the right...

ASSIGNMENTS: Assigning your Contract to someone else!

Under a contract, the assignment of rights is the complete transfer of the rights to receive the benefits available to one of the parties to that...

WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CONTRACT: Consideration

Known as "the price of a promise" and a controversial requirement for contracts under common law, consideration  is required under most common-law and civil law systems, while some commentators...

WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CONTRACT: Offer and Acceptance

According to law, a contract is a legally recognized agreement enforceable in court and/or by binding arbitration. In other words, it is a deal comprised of promises with a...