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Earlier this year, the governor introduced a "five-point plan to utilize state resources" for subway safety in New York City. Hochul initially deployed 750 members of the state National Guard, and ...
A raging two-alarm fire left 15 people injured in an Upper Manhattan apartment building Tuesday morning, reports say. The blaze tore through the first floor of a six-story building West 204th ...
NYC woman who allegedly screamed ‘you’re all going to die today’ charged with killing ex-beau, female pal by lighting garage on fire: prosecutors Steven Vago, Amanda Woods, David Propper ...
An example of a transaction which is an unenforceable contract is a contract for prostitution under English law. Prostitution is not actually a crime under English law, but both soliciting a prostitute and living off the earnings of a prostitute are criminal offences. [3] Yet so long as the contract is fully performed, it remains valid.
In contract law, a forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, governing law clause, jurisdiction clause or an arbitration clause, depending on its form) in a contract with a conflict of laws element allows the parties to agree that any disputes relating to that contract will be resolved in a specific forum.
Contract is Not Clear or Enforceable: If the contract terms are ambiguous, not agreed upon by all parties, or the contract is otherwise unenforceable, specific performance will not be granted. Speculative Purposes: If the purpose of enforcing the contract is speculative in nature, such as for anticipated profits from development or resale ...
Illusory promises are so named because they merely hold the illusion of contract. For example, a promise of the form, "I will give you ten dollars if I feel like it," is purely illusory and will not be enforced as a contract. It is a general principle of contract law that courts should err on the side of enforcing contracts. [1]
If one of the parties to the contract is a minor or a person lacking mental capacity, that party will not have the legal capacity to contract. [38] Only if both contract parties have the legal capacity to sign a contract, contracts are only enforceable. Some contracts are classified by common law as illegal and unenforceable: