Ensuring the Legality of Digital Signatures for Business Termination Contracts in Australia

How to eSign a document: digital signature lawfulness for Business Termination Contract in Australia

you have two types of contract termination termination for no reason or any reason and termination for cause either termination type can apply to only one party or both termination for no reason or any reason speaks for itself you don't need a reason to terminate in contrast termination for cause means you must point to a specific reason why you can terminate this might include breaching the contract being found guilty of a crime filing for bankruptcy or any number of other reasons some contracts include a cure period giving a party let's say 10 days to cure the reason before you can terminate based on cause Additionally you might have both termination types you have the turn right to terminate for no reason or any reason whereas the other party can only terminate for cause what termination type you include in your contract usually comes down to negotiating power and return on investment if the contract for example requires you to front load a lot of the work or Capital than to protect your investment you should only allow the other party to terminate a cause otherwise you could be in a situation where you lose money or other resources because of the other party's early termination hey Emma just so you know I can terminate your contract for no reason or any reason but you need cause to terminate your contract okay just making that really clear thank you so just keep that in mind okay not that I would ever do that because you're amazing you're like a rock star all right so you can also approach this with a hybrid approach here's how that that would work you give both parties the right to terminate for no reason or any reason but you require let's say 60 days Advance written notice Emma it's like you know two years Advanced written notice just by the way so although either party can decide to terminate the contract without proving cause both parties must still stay in the contract for at least 60 days helping mitigate any losses due to early termination when including the requirement for 60 days advance notice parties will often also allow for immediate termination if cause can be shown so it combines both termination types into one termination Clause as you can see there are a lot of ways to address contract termination need help reach out to inprimelegal.com and schedule a strategy session and don't hesitate to download our customer agreement checklist which includes the 10 most ignored and overlooked Provisions that should be in your customer agreement