About Commercial Law
As a commercial lawyer, you have to cover a lot of ground. Today, you might be drawing up agreements for suppliers. Tomorrow, you might be dealing with a query on intellectual property. When you're wearing so many hats, sometimes the real challenge is simply knowing where to start. Whatever the challenge, Lexis+ Commercial is the only place you need to look. You'll find clear, concise practice notes that not only explain the legal principles, but include practical tips on how to apply them in real life - with direct links to the relevant legislation, case law, commentary, forms and precedents you'll need. And because an increasing number of our forms and precedents are being automated, with LexisSmart, you can draft a contract or generate a whole suite of documents just by filling in one questionnaire. Plus, you'll get regular news updates and analysis, to help you keep an eye on what's happening in the law and the market.
Contracts
Helping you deliver watertight contracts. We cover the contract lifecycle from negotiation to termination. Providing guidance and precedents to assist with all aspects of contract management.
Contract clause bank
Offering a wealth of practical drafting and negotiating checklists, precedent contract clauses and practice notes to help you confidently negotiate, draft and execute robust commercial agreements.
Supplier management
Our supplier management tools and guidance help you build resilient supply chains. Assisting with supplier selection, the procurement of goods and services, sustainability, compliance and more.
Key developments
Whether you have a broad or niche commercial practice, staying on top of ongoing developments is a challenge. Our weekly highlights and topic trackers keep you up to date with all the latest developments.
Topics We Cover
Latest Commercial News
Details of updates to HMRC import, export and customs guidance for the period from 19 to 26 August 2025...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a discussion paper setting out how price transparency (PT) schemes, enabled by the Data (Use...
Commercial analysis: For the first time since taking effect under English Law, the High Court in Wealmoor Ltd v KLM [2025] EWHC 1706 (Comm) considered...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a consultation to gather feedback on its draft guidance regarding the recognised legitimate...
Corporate Crime analysis: In the first instalment of this three-part series on the new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent fraud, Aziz...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
Setting up a joint venture—choice of structureChoosing the joint venture vehicleA joint venture is not recognised under English law as a distinct...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)FORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 19 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill received Royal Assent, becoming the...
Standard terms and conditions—incorporationThis Practice Note summarises the practical steps which a business can take to successfully incorporate its...
Managing a breach of confidentiality or information securityMany companies and government bodies (such as HMRC) have been exposed to or suffered loss...
Failure to prevent fraud—the offenceThis Practice Note explores the offence of failure to prevent fraud under the Economic Crime and Corporate...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Supply chain compliance schedule—pro-customerThe Schedule1Definitions1.1In this Schedule:Adequate Procedures•shall be construed in accordance with BA...
Prevention of fraud clause1Prevention of fraud1.1For the purposes of this clause 1:1.1.1the expressions ‘Associated With’, ‘Fraud Offence‘ and...
Variation agreementThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number...
Force majeure and business continuity clauseDefinitionsBusiness Continuity Event•means an event (whether a natural or man-made phenomenon or...
Website acceptable use policy—generic1About this policy1.1Together with our [website terms and conditions of use] [insert link], this acceptable use...
Latest Commercial Q&As
Featured Commercial content
Fiduciary Duties
Fiduciary DutiesWho is a fiduciary?There is no comprehensive list of the relationships which give rise to the existence of fiduciary duties under...
Repudiation of contract
RepudiationThis Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes...
If a contract’s actual date and effective date are different, is the effective date enforceable?
Agent and principal relationships with third parties
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
Mistake in contract law
Mistake in contract lawThis Practice Note considers the legal concept of mistake in contract law. It examines common mistake, mutual mistake,...
Do the terms ‘Schedule’, ‘Appendix’, ‘Annex’ or similar have any particular meaning in commercial contracts? What should I consider if using them?
Contracts required to be in writing
Contracts required to be in writingThis Practice Note considers the specific situations where a contract is required by law to be in writing:...
Subcontracting
SubcontractingThis Practice Note examines the following legal and practical matters in relation to entering into a subcontract or when granting...
Waiver and release
Waiver and releaseDefining waiverIn the law of contract, the term ‘waiver’ may have different meanings but is most commonly used to denote the...
Nature and types of agency
Nature and types of agencyThis Practice Note is an introduction to agency. It describes the essentials of the agency relationship between the...
Termination and expiry of contracts
Termination and expiry of contractsThis Practice Note provides an overview of contract expiry and of the different causes of termination and ways to...
Joint, several, and joint and several liability
Joint, several, and joint and several liabilityContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by...
What date should be put on a contract where the parties have not signed the contract contemporaneously? Is the date stated as the 'commencement date' in the contract or is it when the last of the parties signs/seals the contract?
Agreements to agree
Agreements to agreeThis Practice Note considers agreements to agree, and why an agreement to agree certain contractual terms at a future date has...
What is the significance of the words ‘warrants’ and ‘undertakes’ in a contractual obligation?
Which case law supports that an offer cannot be withdrawn after it has been accepted?
Contract variation
Contract variationThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a...
Electronic signatures
Electronic signaturesAn electronic signature is the electronic equivalent of a handwritten signature and links a person to the contents of an...
Associated legal terms
Arbitration agreement
An arbitration agreement is a bilateral contract between the parties to the main contract, appointing an arbitrator who becomes a third party to the arbitration agreement.
Information Commissioner
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is UK's regulator for data protection, and regulates freedom of information and environmental matters, except in Scotland, which has its own freedom of information commissioner. It maintains a register of data controllers.
Science-based Target
[means a [organisation OR corporate OR project] target to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions that is in line with latest climate science and is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement/Paris agreement Goals. OR means [insert name of Company]’s target to reduce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions in line with latest climate science as validated and published by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).]
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