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.
As part of its ongoing regulatory oversight of alcohol advertising, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint against Sazerac UK...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a consultation on updated guidance on automated decision-making (ADM), including profiling....
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has announced the launch of three consultations on proposed reforms to UK product safety laws, with the...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has published their updated collection of guidance setting out compliance requirements for businesses...
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
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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