VERBAL CONTRACTS . Where one person however has not performed their part of the bargain, and court is left to more uncertain means in reaching a decision. Draft contract documents, emails, letters and order forms may lend assistance to deciding the terms of a verbal agreement, and courts have used similar agreements with third parties to apply a standard of reasonableness in determining the terms of the contract in the absence of writing. NORTHAMPTON TOWN SAY Although the midfielder was out of the country when the deadline for accepting the terms expired, Northampton claim that those terms were accepted on his behalf by his agent via email. AND GO ON TO SAY. The club are very disappointed at how things have transpired, having acted in all good faith to support the player and offer terms that were deemed acceptable by the player and confirmed by the agent, whom the player has a binding representation agreement with.