Gain insightful, practical guidance on the intricacies of forming and maintaining agency relationships. Understand the nuances of defining duties and rights, mitigating risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Designed for legal practitioners, this resource offers clear, actionable advice to effectively manage your agency cases. Stay ahead in the ever-evolving field of distribution law with expert guidance tailored for legal professionals. Get crucial tips on drafting robust distribution agreements, resolving disputes, and navigating cross-border considerations. Each piece of advice is crafted to support your practice in delivering top-tier legal solutions in commercial distribution.
Commercial analysis: The UK government has confirmed its intention to introduce secondary legislation under the Digital Markets, Competition and...
IAB Tech Lab has released AAMP 2.0, introducing transaction-ready Buyer Agent and Seller Agent software development kit (SDK)s that enable agents to...
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: a Supreme Court decision in Gatwick Investment Ltd v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Se;...
Four complaints were received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) concerning whether advertisements and websites falsely implied independence...
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...
If a contract’s actual date and effective date are different, is the effective date enforceable?For the purposes of this Q&A we have assumed this...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
What is the meaning of a non-exclusive agent? Does this give the agent the right to sell goods other than those of the principal?Meaning of non-exclusive vs meaning of exclusive and soleThe terms ‘exclusive’, ‘non-exclusive’ and ‘sole’ are used frequently to describe the rights granted under both
Fiduciary DutiesThis Practice Note covers identifying a fiduciary, fiduciary duties and obligations, the no conflict rule, the no profit rule, the fiduciary’s duty of confidentiality and what remedies are available for breach of fiduciary duty.Who is a fiduciary?There is no comprehensive list of the
Terminating distribution agreementsThis Practice Note considers ways in which a distribution agreement can be terminated, including rights to terminate a distribution agreement under common law on notice, for breach or termination using the specific termination provisions in the distribution
Where an agent collects monies on behalf of its principal and agrees to remit it to the principal within an agreed period, can the principal charge the agent interest if the monies are not remitted by the agent within the agreed period?Duties of Agent to PrincipalIn business matters, the rights and
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