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This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision in J.P. Morgan Securities plc v VTB Bank PJSC upholding...
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has updated its guidance on notifications of unsafe and non-compliant products to version 11. The...
His Majesty, King Charles III, has set out the government's legislative priorities and proposed policies for the next parliamentary session during the...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a corporate report from its Microeconomics Unit analysing supply chains and market power 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...
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
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
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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