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There is a phrase in the UK which you see a lot in small print - "Your statutory rights are not affected." Because, after all, your statutory rights are the la
by jamesbrownuhh 13y ago
There is a phrase in the UK which you see a lot in small print - "Your statutory rights are not affected."
Because, after all, your statutory rights are the law, and small print can't take that away from you, no matter how much "even thinking about buying our cereal creates a binding legal contract between us" or other such horseshit.
- vacri 13y agoI'm told that in my state (Victoria) prenuptial agreements carry no legal weight. There are laws to divide up the estate in the case of a divorce, and private contracts cannot override laws. A prenup can of course be voluntarily honoured, just not legally enforced.
- kyllo 13y agoI think the US equivalent is "void where prohibited." This is almost always seen at the end of fine-print legal language that corporations write.