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.
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: a High Court judgment on whether a supplier who settled a defect-related loss can...
Commercial analysis: Tim Wright, a partner at Fladgate LLP, examines the Commercial Payments Bill announced in the King’s Speech on 13 May 2026....
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it has secured a High Court–endorsed settlement from Emma Sleep after the company...
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...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third parties with whom the agent deals on the principal’s behalf. It considers the principal’s liability for its agent, agent’s authority including remedies for
Termination of agencyThis Practice Note examines the events and situations that may bring an agency arrangement to an end and the consequences of termination of an agency on the parties involved. This Practice Note does not consider the consequences of termination of a commercial agency, for which
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
Scope and authority of the agentThis Practice Note describes the nature and degree of an agent's authority which is conferred upon it by the principal, subject to some limitations. This Practice Note considers the different types of agent’s authority, including actual, apparent and customary
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