Legal advice is like anything else you get what you pay for. Short of that researching the statutes of your state, and having a copy of BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY will go a long way.It seems to me that it would be great legal tool to record the signing of things like contracts and especially liability releases, with the parties discussing any relevant issues on the video. Is there done anywhere?
I get what you are saying, but the contract is the contract. If it's not in the contract, then it's not part of the contract. A video would muddy the waters of the written contract, and I'm guessing most lawyers would say don't sign it if you have concerns.It seems to me that it would be great legal tool to record the signing of things like contracts and especially liability releases, with the parties discussing any relevant issues on the video. Is there done anywhere?
Winner winner Chicken dinner. For most jurisdictions if there is doubt with regards to contract, the written document will be followed by law. GIVEN THE CONTRACT WAS A VALID CONTRACT.I thought that was the point of a notary?
I would prefer not to have to discuss it by ensuring that the contract terms are fully expressed within its 4 corners with and absence of contemporaneous recordings which may raise doubt.You are discussing the use of parol evidence in contracts?
Pffft, you and your reason and logic and education.I would prefer not to have to discuss it by ensuring that the contract terms are fully expressed within its 4 corners with and absence of contemporaneous recordings which may raise doubt.
I was the same way. If their property was not well kept and safe and caused me harm it was on them. Trust me to be professional in my work and stay the **** out of my way. I would also not surrender my DL to them while working in any facility as many demanded of contractors. You know I am here. You do not need my DL for any real reasons I can think of.I never sign liability release forms. I’ve had customers refuse my entry to repair their communication issues because of my refusal. They ask what are they expected to do since I won’t sign. I tell them they need to learn telecom trouble shooting real quick.
It's not as fun as it sounds.Objection your honor !
Always wanted to say that too.
I was refused entry into. A .gov military vx property because I refused to give up my DL and my SS number to an unknown contractor so they could verify that I was not a known terrorist. I told them their needs was not important enough to me to give them private information that this unknown contractor could abuse.I was the same way. If their property was not well kept and safe and caused me harm it was on them. Trust me to be professional in my work and stay the **** out of my way. I would also not surrender my DL to them while working in any facility as many demanded of contractors. You know I am here. You do not need my DL for any real reasons I can think of.
That seems logical and reasonable. However, what defense attorney tells his client "Well, if you don't want the police to misunderstand you, then make sure you use a lot more words, and be as articulate as possible. If you can only communicate in writing, and avoid audio and video, even better!"I would prefer not to have to discuss it by ensuring that the contract terms are fully expressed within its 4 corners with and absence of contemporaneous recordings which may raise doubt.
That "unknown contractor" likely had security clearance himself, so while he may have been "unknown" to you, I assure you he was not unknown to them.I was refused entry into. A .gov military vx property because I refused to give up my DL and my SS number to an unknown contractor so they could verify that I was not a known terrorist. I told them their needs was not important enough to me to give them private information that this unknown contractor could abuse.
Agreed, but there is often language used in the contract, that is later debated. How often have the courts looked to contemporaneous writings etc. to determine the intended meaning of the language (Constituion?). Meanings of words debated in prior cases, that the contract parties never knew about, can determine the use of the word in the present case. I think there is a lot that can actually define the contract, that isn't inside the contract, and wasn't considered at the signing, when people choose to fight it out.I get what you are saying, but the contract is the contract. If it's not in the contract, then it's not part of the contract.
In criminal law....a competent attorney would likely tell his client not to talk at all. It comes pretty close to malpractice and ineffective assistance to counsel otherwise without a very specific and unusual situation being present (like a deal having already been worked out).That seems logical and reasonable. However, what defense attorney tells his client "Well, if you don't want the police to misunderstand you, then make sure you use a lot more words, and be as articulate as possible. If you can only communicate in writing, and avoid audio and video, even better!"
That doesn't seem as reasonable to me, and I can understand the same principles working for a contract, to some extent. I think the OP has an interesting question. "The warranty clearly ONLY covers purple tractors. That one is blue!" Now, a video of the sales guy selling the tractor, repeatedly calling it purple... could it be helpful, or just muddy the water?
Unfortunately, there are a couple, maybe even a few (??) crafty attorneys out there who excel at moving the four corners around, redefining the fully expressed terms, and raising significant doubt where none had ever existed. They're pretty good with written deposition transcripts too, and an audio/video of the live communication might be useful.
And being a fed agency I would have had zero recourse if that contractor was selling private info and the military was unaware.That "unknown contractor" likely had security clearance himself, so while he may have been "unknown" to you, I assure you he was not unknown to them.