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Pros And Cons Of Liquidated Contract

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Most of businesses would like to add a liquidated damages clause (or agreed damages clause) in their business contracts, as it protects the parties of contract not to being any breach. Also it helps to provide certainty, avoid disputes and provide an incentive to enter into the contracts. The aim of this clause is to compensate the losses of innocent party by the guilty party, but not penalize the party in breach by requesting party in breach too many fines. To deter Mode Designs for any delay, PLC should insert a liquidated damages clause at the time they made contract.

Liquidated damages or specified sums are provided by parties in their contract. They are effective in the event of there is a breach. The party in breach must pay a specified sum of money to innocent party, or the party in breach may lose a specified sum of money. If the losses of the innocent party are greater than the liquidated damages, he can only …show more content…

If those situations pointed out are the reasons of delay, PLC and Mode Designs should determine the liquidated damages or specific sums that Mode Designs must pay until the contract is finished. The liquidated damages should define specifically in order to avoid lawsuits. They should provide information that they based on to prove the reliable of the specific sums. Even though the situations caused the delay are not applicable for the contract, PLC and Mode Designs should also record those situations in the contract.

PLC and Mode Designs must define clearly the events may incur at the time contract is made. In the case that the delay is arisen because of the third party, Mode Designs should or should not pay the liquidated damages. In the event of the delay is occurred by human error, for example: wrong wall color or fire, whether Mode Designs needs to pay specific sums to PLC.

Example of the liquidated damages

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