I’ve been practiced law for many decades and over that space, I’ve learned the time I need to worry is when someone says: “Don’t worry.”
“Don’t worry” followed by any of a wide variety of reasons often based on some form of relationship between the parties is often the very reason a party should worry.
And underlying the above statements is the myth that the relationship would somehow be jeopardized by the presentation of a written agreement. Or that it would be an insult to the other party to be presented with a written agreement, as though the act of doing so represented some manifestation of distrust and in doing so, the presenter would be causing the relationship to change and, in the presenter’s mind, cause the relationship to break up. READ MORE –>>