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
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: an announcement by Ofcom that the timeframe for customers to escalate unresolved...
Two complaints were received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regarding an Instagram post promoting weight loss medication. The ASA upheld...
The UK Gambling Commission has fined Taichi Tech Limited £170,000 for breaches of licensing conditions, including the use of unfair terms and...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a consultation on draft guidance for businesses on the price transparency provisions of the...
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: commentary on the Court of Appeal's decision in KSY Juice Blends UK Limited v Citrosuco...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
Drafting term and termination clauses—commercial contractsTerm and terminationThis Practice Note provides an overview of the different methods for...
Execution formalities—overcoming impairments, disabilities and language barriersThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on how to arrange the...
Execution formalities—witnessesThis Practice Note summarises the execution formalities for witnesses, including who can act as a witness to the...
Brexit timelineOn 23 June 2016, the UK held a referendum on its membership of the EU, with a majority voting in favour of the UK leaving the EU. On 29...
Commercial trackerThis commercial tracker tracks the progress of UK legislation (including Bills in progress, Acts in force, Statutory Instruments in...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Services agreement—ongoing supply (without TUPE)—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer] [of OR a company...
Services agreement—ongoing supply (with TUPE)—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer] [of OR a company...
Framework services agreement—single contract with call-off orders—pro-supplierThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer] [of OR...
Deed of termination of contractThis Deed is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of first party to the contract being terminated] [of OR a company...
Services agreement—one-off supply—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer] [of OR a company incorporated in...
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.
Climate Professional
means an [appropriately qualified] [environmental, sustainability consultant OR net zero consultant OR analyst OR [environmental or sustainability][ or climate] scholar OR [environmental or sustainability][ or climate] scientist] who has the fundamental skills and experience to diligently, competently and professionally, [perform the [environmental and/or sustainability][ and/or climate] consultancy services OR develop, create and implement structures and systems to achieve and measure Net Zero Targets OR design the environmental and/or sustainability targets of the project OR assess the [environmental and/or sustainability][ and/or climate] related risks of the project][, monitor compliance with the environmental and/or sustainability targets connected with the project], in accordance with this agreement.
Mutatis mutandis
'All necessary changes having been made; with the necessary changes'. The phrase mutatis mutandis occurs in legal writing to indicate that some things have changed and necessarily other things must change as well.
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