If you are engaging the services of a building contractor, a solid contract is in everyone’s best interests. A strong, comprehensive contract can help set clear expectations for all parties involved by detailing everyone’s rights and responsibilities under the terms of the contract. Crafting a contract that helps avoid unwelcome surprises and...
Common Mistakes to Avoid in Estate Planning
It would be difficult to understate the importance of having an estate plan in place. A solid, comprehensive estate plan can not only protect a future you want for yourself, but also for that of your loved ones. Having any old estate plan in place, however, will not do. You need...
Steps to Take After Being Involved in an Accident
You have likely driven by an accident. It’s also likely that you know someone who has been in an accident at one point or another. Until you have actually been in an accident yourself, however, you will never really know how jarring of an experience it can be. One minute you...
Remedies for Buyer if Seller Fails To Disclose Defects In Sale Of Residential Real Estate
Sellers of residential real estate property and their agents and brokers have a duty to disclose everything that a buyer would consider material to the purchase. Otherwise, they are liable for damages incurred by the Buyer.
Seller's ObligationsThe Purchase Agreement and related Contract...
Attorney Fees for Breach of the Implied Warranty of Habitability
Are attorney fees available for a tenant suing a landlord for breach of implied warranty of habitability, even if there was an oral rental agreement (no attorney fee provision), and in a separate civil action apart from an unlawful detainer proceeding?
The following is from a 2003 case in...