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
MLex: A UK class action has been filed targeting Google for more than £15bn over allegations that the US tech giant abused its dominant position in...
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has outlined the current regulatory position on artificial intelligence disclosure in UK advertising....
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two complaints against AirDoctor LLC and health.detective Garstang Health Food Store Ltd...
Commercial analysis: Tariffs have come into the international spotlight in 2025, with the US imposing unprecedented tariffs on imports and other...
One complaint was received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regarding a broadcast ad for Huusk knives shown immediately after a children’s...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
New UK border control with the EU as from 1 January 2022This Practice Note provides practical guidance on the current border controls between the...
Contractual set-offA set-off is the right of one party, Party A, who is owed money by another party, Party B, to ensure payment by setting off the...
Commercial trackerThis commercial tracker tracks the progress of UK legislation (including Bills in progress, Acts in force, Statutory Instruments in...
Types of dispute resolution clauses—litigation, mediation, multi-tier, hybrid and carve-out clausesMany contracts contain dispute resolution clauses....
Contractual damages—general principlesThis Practice Note considers the general principles of recovering damages for contractual breach, starting with...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Letter of waiver—franchisee to franchisor[insert name of Franchisor][insert Franchisor’s address]Dear [insert Franchisor name],Proposed franchise...
Letter of confirmation of legal advice—franchisee adviser to franchisor adviser[On headed notepaper of the FRANCHISEE adviser][Insert name of...
Terms and conditions for the sale of goods and services—business to business—pro-supplier1Definitions and interpretation1.1In these Conditions the...
Hardship clauseHardship•means[, subject to clause [1.6 OR 1.7],] a [fundamental OR material] change in the balance of a party’s benefits and...
Price variation clauses1Price variation (events prior to delivery of goods or products)Confirmed Price Date•means [insert number] days before...
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
Brexit
means: (a) the United Kingdom (UK) ceasing to be a member state of the European Union (EU) and/or the European Economic Area (EEA) on Exit Day; and/or (b) the commencement, end of[ or variation in] any transitional, trading or other arrangements from time to time between: (i) the UK and the EU and/or EEA (including during any implementation period and IP Completion Day); and/or (ii) the UK and any other country, group of countries, international organisation, bloc or body (including the World Trade Organization) in contemplation of or (directly or indirectly) in connection with the UK’s said cessation of membership;
Debarment
Debarment is the exclusion of a company from entering into public contracts whether as a supplier, contractor or service provider. It applies automatically where a company has been convicted of bribery, fraud (where the offence affects the financial interests of the EU) and money laundering.
Defamatory
A statement or content is capable of bearing a defamatory meaning if it has the potential to lower a claimant’s reputation in the eyes of ordinary right-thinking members of society, expose him to contempt, hatred or ridicule or disparage him in his business, trade or profession.
CONTACT US
