Contracts play a part in many areas of practice – contracts with suppliers, contracts with patients, contracts of employment and contracts for services. You will have rights against a supplier or patient who breaks a contract with you, and similarly a patient or supplier will have rights against you if you break a contract a contract with them.
It is strongly advised that you consult a solicitor when drawing up or entering into any contract, and most important that you do so when entering into a long-term contract or a contract which will involve substantial expenditure.
An outline of this subject is available on the AOP website, with a more detailed overview on Pinsent Mason’s website.
Website: www.out-law.com (Pinsent Masons, international law firm)
See also Contract of employment and contract for services
[January 2007.]
