Lawyers work on a huge variety of transactions, but all of them will in some way involve written agreements that will need to be executed by the parties. For this reason, it is very important that lawyers know when a deed is required and fully understand the differences in how deeds and simple contracts are executed.
This subtopic summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to simple contracts and deeds, including in particular:
the key elements that must be present to create a contract
what simple contracts are and how they are executed
what a deed is and the particular transactions
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