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If an agreement on the record or a written agreement was never signed off is it still binding
Asked on Feb 14th, 2013 on Civil Litigation - Maryland
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This was a agreement was not in my best behalf and was taken by my attorney several times to convince me to move forward to the agreement. I had told them I did not want to agree to anything at that moment.Now they are saying I was not under duress "No one had a gun to my head" the trial is in 3 wks and now they are withdrawing from counsel
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Your question is fairly abstract. Normally, when a person gives his word, the deal is made' even if nothing is signed -- only a very small subset of the contracts that are made are required to be in writing. Often, as attorneys, we give our word on behalf of a client who has told us that terms will be acceptable. If the client backs out, it is problematic since the legal system depends on lawyers being able to rely on statements made by other lawyers.
Answered on Feb 14th, 2013 at 9:45 AM