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Commentary

2.3 Wording of recitals

BOILERPLATE AND COMMERCIAL CLAUSES vol 4(3)
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2.3 Wording of recitals

| Commentary

2.3 Wording of recitals

Recitals are not the place for setting out obligations. Nor should obligations that appear later in the contract be summarised in a recital, except with qualifying wording such as:

‘in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement’

It is also suggested that words such as:

‘the parties have agreed’

should not appear in a recital, if all that is meant is that the parties are willing to sign the agreement of which the recitals form a part, as such wording could be misunderstood as referring to a pre-existing agreement. Instead, the contract drafter should indicate that the parties are willing

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