Is a contract legal if there is no start and finish date of services?

Answer 1

Maybe. Generally, in order for a contract to exist, several elements must be present: an offer, acceptance, and consideration. An offer is a communication, made by a party intending to be bound by the contract, which conveys terms that can reasonably be accepted by another party. An acceptance is a communication, made by another party to whom the offer was made, which accepts the terms of the offer. Consideration is the value that is exchanged between the two parties. If these elements are present, then there is a contract.

The main sticking point would be if the terms of the offer were sufficiently clear so as to allow an accepting party to accept the actual terms of the offer. Whether a lack of a completion date makes the offer vague or ambiguous so as to void the contract is a question that can only be answered by looking at the rest of the contract. Some contracts are time sensitive, and require a certain timeline. Others can be open ended, and no completion date is specified. Again, it would just depend on the nature of the contract.

Answer 2

Yes. Obviously. If it wasn't legal to have a contract without a "finish date", then it would be impossible to have "open-ended" (renewable) contracts, and contracts that don't involve "services" in any way won't have either.