Contract Law is one of the biggest areas of law and penetrates all aspects of our lives –from commercial dealings and employment law, to credit agreements and consumer purchases. The formation of a contract is always the same – an offer is made, then once an agreement is reached the
Negative information on your credit report can seriously affect you financially. For example, it can make it difficult to obtain loans. During negotiations with a collection agency over the payment of a debt, you should consider making the removal of negative credit information on your report part of the negotiations.
Most people have received annoying messages from telemarketers. Sometimes they are automated messages. Other times it is an actual person who just will not take “no” for an answer. This is why the National Do Not Call Registry was created. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) created the registry 10 years
If you have suffered as the result of a company’s actions, you might be contemplating issuing a lawsuit against them. However, when the business in question earns millions of pounds, it can be tempting to scrap your decision to take legal action and instead simply deal with any fall-out the
On our busy roadways, thousands of car accidents occur on a daily basis. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the chances of being involved in an accident, at least once, in your life is highly probable, especially considering the statistics. Every 12 minutes someone dies in a
Consumers who are deep in debt have enough to worry about without being continuously harassed by debt collection companies. According to federal data, there are around 30 million Americans that have debt that is under collection. Some of the abusive debt collectors make harassing phone calls, sometimes even late at
I have previously blogged about some inappropriate correspondence between solicitors. I have just come across Ezzo v Grille [2003] NSWSC 776, which, somewhat ironically, is a defamation case. The correspondence and Justice Simpson’s comments in the following extracts from the judgment speak for themselves: [4] Service of the statement of claim sparked a round of
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can seem like a giant monster with uncontrollable issues for a person who may have experienced any kind of tax issues. The simple truth is that a tax problem does not go away. You cannot owe the IRS money and think that they will forget
You may have every confidence in your car and never expect it to fail you. You probably think nothing of driving it to its maximum potential and cruising down the highway as you run errands or go to work. However, it can still succumb to common causes of traffic accidents.
The National Transportation Safety Board recently issued a recommendation that the legal BAC (blood alcohol content), that would legally define someone as “drunk” ought to be lowered from .08, the current level, to .05. Their intent is to combat the 30,000 deaths a year attributed to drunk driving. This doesn’t
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