This guide covers the ten typical sections and provisions of a contract. It also identifies the sections that are often negotiable. Contracts can be complex and contain nuance. Protect your interests by making sure that you understand your rights and responsibilities before entering into the contract. Spending time reading and discussing the terms upfront goes a long way to ensuring that you are making the deal that you want to make.
Topic: Contracts
What to Know About Entering into Contracts
A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties to exchange something of value. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to transfer any of these in the future. Contracts serve several important purposes, including formalizing relationships, outlining legal obligations, and providing a record of rights and responsibilities. This guide will explain what is needed to form a contract and the different types of contracts.
How to Enforce Contracts and Seek Remedies
While parties enter a contract hoping for a mutually satisfactory outcome, sometimes the parties are not able to complete the terms of the agreement. This guide discusses the options and processes available to you when a problem arises.
Introduction to Land Leases
In New England, many farmers choose to lease their farmland instead of buying it. It is important to think about what your farmland lease will include and advocate for yourself so that the provisions that you need are in the lease. This guide discusses several of the issues that you should think about including in your lease with the help of your lawyer.
Farmland Leases
While many farm leases are done with a handshake, this practice is not a good idea because there is no written agreement in the event of a disagreement between the parties. A well-written lease agreement will make the lease terms clear and leave less opportunity for misunderstanding and reduces the likelihood of a potential conflict between a landowner and a farmer.
Farm Succession Advising: An Attorney Training Guide
Among beginning (and other) farmers’ biggest challenges is accessing land, including land and farms in the hands of older farmers. Therefore, how those farmers transition their farms to the next generation (family or unrelated) is of utmost importance. Land For Good’s Training Guide provides attorneys with solid legal background material and technical tools to use in assisting farmer clients to develop their farm succession plans.
Liability Waivers for On-Farm Activities
Farms often host activities that bring visitors onto the farm, such as school farm visits, volunteer days or agritourism. Such events offer valuable opportunities to increase income and raise awareness of the farm. But, accidents happen — particularly to visitors unfamiliar with hazards typically found on a farm. Farmers frequently are advised to have visitors sign liability waivers. But how can a liability waiver reduce a farm’s legal responsibility? Can they reduce the farm’s risk of liability and potential lawsuits against the farm if a visitor is injured? This legal guide discusses how to use liability waivers, what they can accomplish and what to include in a well-drafted liability waiver.