Do you need a lawyer to make contract legally binding?

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  • pood
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2004
    • 1609
    #1

    Do you need a lawyer to make contract legally binding?

    As far as I remember from law class, you don't need a lawyer for a contract to be legally binding, correct?


    I'm going to getting some merchandise from a wholesaler broker and we're going to setup a meeting this week. The guy said he broke off from his company and is starting his on. The supplier that he's using, he hasn't used before, so I was kinda skeptical, he said he is willing to sign a contract that he is 100% responsible and will give us full refund if we don't recieve our merchandise.

    Should we go ahead and see a lawyer or can we just write this ourselves? I'm just starting small as an ebayer, so if weI saw a lawyer for it, it would defintely cut in th our profits.
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    • After Shock Media
      It's coming look busy
      • Mar 2001
      • 35299
      #2
      Answer to the thread topic is no.
      Though lawyers will make sure the contract itself is legal and hopefully remove as many if not all possible loop holes.

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        • pood
          Confirmed User
          • Feb 2004
          • 1609
          #3
          okay, great.

          if I do decide to get a lawyer to draw it up, how much would it usually cost?

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            • After Shock Media
              It's coming look busy
              • Mar 2001
              • 35299
              #4
              Originally posted by pood
              okay, great.

              if I do decide to get a lawyer to draw it up, how much would it usually cost?
              Seek a paralegal to assist you. Cheaper than a lawyer. They just can not actually draw it up.
              Otherwise lawyers are alot like models. One may be 600.00 an hour in Town A and someone just as good could be 90.00 an hour in town B. All depends on where you live.

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                • SuckOnThis
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 6844
                  #5
                  You say you went to law class and yet you don't know the answer to this question?

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                    • Jensen
                      Confirmed User
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 3790
                      #6
                      would you hire a lawyer for $90 an hour? something fishy about a lawyer charging that low...

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                        • Sosa
                          In Tushy Land
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 40149
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Jensen
                          would you hire a lawyer for $90 an hour? something fishy about a lawyer charging that low...
                          really it depends on the type of form and city/state the lawyer is from.

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                            • After Shock Media
                              It's coming look busy
                              • Mar 2001
                              • 35299
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Jensen
                              would you hire a lawyer for $90 an hour? something fishy about a lawyer charging that low...
                              Alot of lawyers around here are 100-150 an hour. Many are less if its bankruptcy, and minor crap.

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                                • VHNet
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • May 2005
                                  • 386
                                  #9
                                  No, you do not need a lawyer to make it legally binding. You need a lawyer to make sure you've covered every aspect of the contract before the person signs it.
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