contract-law
one person contract
<p>Can a person write a contract with themselves? Say that a person works in a second-hand car store. Let's assume that the same person intends to sell their car. Can that person sign a one person contract, representing seller of a car and also representing an employee of a specific second-hand car store?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>

<h2>Contracts are a relationship between two or more people</h2>
<p>Just as it is meaningless to speak of marrying yourself, it is equally meaningless to speak of a contract with yourself. Even if you were to draft such a thing, you would not have standing to sue because you can’t sue yourself.</p>
<h2>Your example probably isn’t a “one person contract”</h2>
<p>It’s a contract between the car owner (person 1) and the  car yard (person 2) - probably a corporation. The fact that person 1 is representing both parties to the contract doesn’t make it a “one person contract”. There are potential conflicts of interest with this but they are not necessarily ones that can’t be overcome.</p>
<p>However, if the car owner runs a business as a car dealer as a sole trader, then, no, they cannot make this kind of contract.</p>
