1,you cant enter a verbal contract on property you should know that.cecotto479 wrote:No. It's from my recollection from 15 years as a solicitor. Some time ago certainly.
It's binding.
Whether you can prove it, and therefore enforce it, or not is a different issue. But to say, "I'm a lawyer. Verbal contracts aren't legally binding." is just bollocks and frankly makes you look a bit foolish. If you said, "Verbal contracts are binding but very difficult to prove", fair enough, but to declare your qualification at the outset and follow it by making the classic pub lawyer statement is just hilarious.
Most lawyers I know also take a bit of pride in their punctuation, grammar and spelling.
That's why I asked the question. Maybe knowing the law and being able to construct a sentence is no longer a prerequisite for a career in the legal profession.
2,its not "No. It's from my recollection from 15 years as a solicitor"
its; No. It's from my recollection as a solicitor for 15 years" if you want to get pedantic.
this is a car forum i like to step away from the grammar from time to time, i'd sound like a politician otherwise.
if your a down right penis who like to take things literally then so be it but verbal contract dont exist in the eyes of the law in reality because you cant prove it if you read the law book you might find it written they can be binding, but you still can be hanged for killing a swan in that same book but it wouldnt happen
