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There is always a way to get out of a (Squid Game) Contract

“Squid Games” is a popular Netflix series that will definitely shock you. This series takes a scary twist in handling this matter which tricks individuals  who are desperate, indebted people in South Korea into a tournament of children's games that turns deadly. In the beginning of the Squid games, the individuals agree to enter the tournament without knowing exactly what they are getting into, but know that it involves a cash prize. All of the participants that agreed to enter into the games signed a unilateral contract with a very secretive party or organization. Their lives literally depends on it as well.

A unilateral contract is a contract or an agreement where a particular party provides a deal  to an individual, organization or the public. The offeror makes an offer for you to perform something and in return they will pay. 

In “Squid Games”, the participants are individuals in South Korea that are in desperate need of financial assistance. By signing up, they agree to play children's games in exchange for money. The interesting thing which makes this series possibly fatal for each individual who enters into this tournament is that people are killed if they lose the games. 

But there is a way to get out of a contract, even a “Squid Game” contract. TEIL Firms understands contracts. When necessary we look for a legal way out of the unilateral contract (without violence and killing.)

TEIL Firms, when viewing the games, suggests a number of ways to assist the participants that may also work for anyone who needs to void a contract? The Squid Games contract is , pure and simple, UNCONSCIONABLE. An unconscionable contract is one that is either unfair or unjust to the person who signed. One reason that this one is unjust is that it proposes abuse when the contract was made. The person is signing under duress and therefore unable to clearly think through viable options (Of course debt can be canceled in the US with bankruptcy. In the scenario posed by the writer the rules are the same.)



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