[consulting] Unsigned Contract Breach Question

[Jeff Greenberg]

One new wants, and contract law is all technicalities and nuance, is whether you are saying you actually started work based on a verbal commitment, or simply that you took on no other work in the interim and passed up other work but didn't do any work. I'm not saying that you could not get a remedy in either case, but the two cases are different.

On Mar 14, 2013, at 12:32 PM, "Audrius Naslenas" <audrius.naslenas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>  
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> From: "Sam Cohen" <sam at samcohen.com>
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>> 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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