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Failure to use "subject to contract" in negotiations led to binding settlement (HC)
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Failure to use "subject to contract" in negotiations led to binding settlement (HC)
In Newbury v Sun Microsystems [2013] EWHC 2180 (QB), the High Court held that a letter from an employer to an employee containing a settlement sum, and a subsequent letter of acceptance from the employee, amounted to a binding settlement agreement. If the employer wanted negotiations to continue, the words "subject to contract" should have been used.
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Published on 01-Aug-2013
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