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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...
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...
Fiduciary DutiesWho is a fiduciary?There is no comprehensive list of the relationships which give rise to the existence of fiduciary duties under...
RepudiationThis Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
Mistake in contract lawThis Practice Note considers the legal concept of mistake in contract law. It examines common mistake, mutual mistake,...
Contracts required to be in writingThis Practice Note considers the specific situations where a contract is required by law to be in writing:...
SubcontractingThis Practice Note examines the following legal and practical matters in relation to entering into a subcontract or when granting...
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 agencyThis Practice Note is an introduction to agency. It describes the essentials of the agency relationship between the...
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 liabilityContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by...
Agreements to agreeThis Practice Note considers agreements to agree, and why an agreement to agree certain contractual terms at a future date has...
Contract variationThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a...
Electronic signaturesAn electronic signature is the electronic equivalent of a handwritten signature and links a person to the contents of an...
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.
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.
'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.