{"id":8307,"date":"2022-04-07T08:11:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T12:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/360mediations.com\/en\/?p=8307"},"modified":"2022-04-07T08:11:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T12:11:44","slug":"verbal-contract-can-be-just-as-enforceable-as-a-written-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/360mediations.com\/en\/verbal-contract-can-be-just-as-enforceable-as-a-written-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbal Contract can be Just as Enforceable as a Written Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This recent decision illustrates that in the right circumstances, a verbal contract is just as enforceable as a written contract.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, two people agreed to purchase a home together, which ultimately would require them to tender a down payment on a new construction home.\u00a0 The problem, however, was that when it came time to tender the money, the defendant didn\u2019t have the money, such that the plaintiff tendered it all, despite their verbal agreement that the deposit would be paid 50\/50.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately the two litigants had to walk away from the entire deal, and the deposit, paid for entirely by the plaintiff, was forfeited.\u00a0 The plaintiff sued the defendant for half of that forfeited deposit.\u00a0 The defendant argued that there was no contract, but even if there was, it was \u201crewritten\u201d when the defendant came forward and said he couldn\u2019t pay his share of the deposit.\u00a0 In other words, the defendant argued that once he proclaimed that he couldn\u2019t pay, the new agreement moving forward was that the plaintiff would pay the entire deposit, which she did.<\/p>\n<p>The court disagreed.\u00a0 The parties had a verbal contract that each would contribute half of the deposit, and that verbal agreement was breached when the time came to tender that money, and the defendant failed to do so.\u00a0 Judgment was rendered against the defendant for half the deposit, plus interest and legal costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Maghakian v. Takaoka<\/em><\/strong>, 2022 ONSC 2004<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onsc\/doc\/2022\/2022onsc2004\/2022onsc2004.html\">https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onsc\/doc\/2022\/2022onsc2004\/2022onsc2004.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recent decision illustrates that in the right circumstances, a verbal contract is just as enforceable as a written contract. 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