It may also provide for key provisions that set out:. However, interim contracts may also be skeletal. If poorly drafted, a lack of terms will expose parties to risks that would otherwise be accounted for in a final contract. The letters of intent in question lacked a liquidated damages clause. The employer was thus unable to claim liquidated damages from the contractor for delays in construction. Finally it is important to note that an interim contract is an independent of the final contract.
The terms of an interim contract are only superseded if the final contract is concluded. In that case the Court found that the parties had entered into an interim contract arising from performance under a letter of intent. It also held that a liability cap had been incorporated into that interim contract. This was despite the fact that a liability cap had not been agreed for the final contract. Ongoing discussion and negotiations of the terms of the final contract had no effect on the terms in the interim contract.
Where a letter of intent is characterised as non-binding, it will not create any contractual obligations on either party but will merely constitute a letter of comfort. This position poses a greater risk to the contractor as there will be no contractual obligation on the part of the employer to pay remuneration for the work done or liquidated damages in the event of a breach.
Further, the lack of a contract means risk will not have been properly allocated. The contractor may bear the burden of risks that it did not intend to bear insofar as there will be no effective exclusion clauses or liability caps. This does not mean the Contractor is left without any remedy whatsoever. There will usually be a claim in quantum meruit. A quantum meruit does not, however, make up for the lack of certainty and protection which a contractual arrangement would otherwise have provided.
The lack of a binding contract may also be disadvantageous for an employer. Contractors, because they anticipate a subsequent contract, may do work outside the scope of an interim contract, or may continue work despite its expiry. This raises problems where the final contract is never, in fact, concluded.
Whether there remains an effective contract or not in those circumstances is dependent on the construction of the letter of intent and the actions of the parties. Generally, however, there are three possibilities:. Fawwaz Shuib. Gilang Restriwan Kurnia. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan. Anil Kumar. Prateek Gandhi. Sridhara babu. David Elkan. Dwi Cahyo Nugroho. Raj Paroha. Khairul Azman. Patrick Antonio Orge Ching. Plus de lalith ruberu. Populaire dans Private Law. Karen Ampeloquio. Nash Agcaoili.
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