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Perform · 05

Performance, breach & evidence

Performance is a facts file. Do not start a new bilingual draft first.

First job Name the live performance issue and preserve the file before rewriting the contract.

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Key considerations

  1. What was due — goods, payment, or a milestone?
  2. What actually happened?
  3. What notices have already gone out?

Decision map

Keep the question bounded.

  1. Name the dutyWhat the contract required.
  2. Hold the recordDelivery, payment, chats, chops on notices.
  3. Then forumThe clause route if a proceeding is next.

Curated resources

Open the asset that matches this job.

Helpful to prepare

Facts that make the next conversation clearer.

These items are orientation aids, not a legal requirement list.

  1. Live issue in one sentence
  2. Whether a notice period is running
  3. Documents already in hand

Evidence file

Preserve the record before the forum is chosen.

This is a preparation prompt, not a finding that any item is admissible or required.

  1. Signed or chopped contract and amendments
  2. Delivery, acceptance or payment records
  3. Notices already sent or received

Local context

Add the city when the forum practice changes.

Court and notary practice can matter after the national contract question is identified.

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Editorial policy · Last reviewed August 2026 · Business & Contract