[consulting] Unsigned Contract Breach Question

[Audrius Naslenas]

Sam,

It depends of the laws of the specific country - in my country there is 
possible that situation like your may be equated like the fully signed 
contract, but there 3 things to consider: your country laws, and more 
proof like - if the contract is sent by you in email to the other person 
and that other person replied "OK, go ahead, we will sign it" and smth.

Regards

------ Original Message ------
From: "Sam Cohen" <sam at samcohen.com>
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Sent: 2013.03.14 15:24:22
Subject: [consulting] Unsigned Contract Breach Question
>Hi all,
>
>I'm curious if anyone has experience with something like this.
>
>A client who is the head of a branch of a large institution gave the go 
>ahead for a very big project.  I supplied the SOW and they supplied the 
>contract that I was given to sign.  Now because of the size of this 
>institution, sometimes it takes weeks to get a signed contract back.  
>And in this case after three weeks I heard back that someone over the 
>head of the person I was dealing with changed their mind and they've 
>decided to go another way.
>
>So for over three weeks I've been committed, turned down another job 
>because I wasn't available, and had secured other people to work on 
>that job, who may have also turned down work.
>
>While I'm guessing their is no legal recourse here, because I didn't 
>have a signed contract, I'm just curious is there's such a thing as an 
>implied contract -- after all, they gave it to me, I signed it and was 
>not free to take other work.
>
>I realize we're not attorneys here, just curious if this has happened 
>to anyone?  Is it even legal to ask someone to sign a contract, but 
>take weeks to come back with an answer?
>
>Thanks,
>Sam
>
>
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