Accusations that you’ve breached a contract can have tremendous consequences for your business. They can threaten your financial stability if judgment is entered against you, and a finding that you’ve neglected your contractual obligations can damage your reputation and your ability to build meaningful business relationships in the future. Therefore, if you’ve been accused of breaching a contract, you have to develop a strong defense to protect your interests.
You may have several options available to you depending on the circumstances at hand. These include arguing the following:
- That you only entered the contract because of fraudulent misrepresentations made by the other party.
- That the other party has essentially waived their ability to object to your breaching behavior because they have failed to act on it previously.
- You and the other party were both mistaken about a key term in the contract.
- Circumstances have changed such that fulfilling your contractual obligation has become impossible.
- The contract was so one-sided as to be deemed fundamentally unfair and unconscionable.
- The agreement wasn’t reduced to writing and the other party’s account of any verbal promises is unreliable.
- There’s contrary evidence that establishes that you in fact adhered to your obligations under the contract.
There may be other defenses available to you, so be sure to fully assess your options before getting too deep into your case.
Allegations of contract breach should be taken seriously. That’s why if you’re facing these sorts of accusations, then you should quickly work to build your legal strategy.