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Fiduciary Duties

Fiduciary Duties

Fiduciary DutiesWho is a fiduciary?There is no comprehensive list of the relationships which give rise to the existence of fiduciary duties under...

Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

Conditions precedent in commercial contractsThis Practice Note considers the meaning and use of conditions precedent in commercial arrangements. It...

Deeds

Deeds

DeedsUnder English law legally binding agreements can be made orally, in writing or by deed.This Practice Notice considers the circumstances in which...

Mistake in contract law

Mistake in contract law

Mistake in contract lawThis Practice Note considers the legal concept of mistake in contract law. It examines common mistake, mutual mistake,...

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Incoterms® 2020 Rules—CIP Carriage and insurance paid to

Incoterms® 2020 Rules—CIP Carriage and insurance paid toThis Practice Note comprises the guidance note to the CIP Carriage and insurance paid to...
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19th May
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The British Franchise Association (BFA)

The British Franchise Association (BFA)This Practice Note examines the role and remit of the British Franchise Association (the BFA) in the franchise...
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Produced in partnership with Tim Rickard of Fieldfisher and David Bond of Fieldfisher 19th May
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In a business-to-business contract where a contractual long-stop date has passed but the parties wish to continue with the contract, should they document their intention to continue or enter into a new contract?

In a business-to-business contract where a contractual long-stop date has passed but the parties wish to continue with the contract, should they...
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19th May
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Letter of variation

[ON HEADED NOTEPAPER OF PARTY A][Insert address of Party B][[Insert address of Guarantor]][Insert date]Dear [name of Party B][ and [name of...
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19th May
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Key differences in the law of contract between Scots and English law

Key differences in the law of contract between Scots and English lawScots contract law has in many ways become similar to its English counterpart...
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Produced in partnership with Morton Fraser 19th May
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The EU Consumer Rights Directive

The EU Consumer Rights DirectiveThis Practice Note provides an overview of Directive 2011/83/EU (OJ L 304/64), the EU Consumer Rights Directive (EU...
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19th May
Practice notes

Incoterms® 2020 Rules—CPT Carriage paid to

Incoterms® 2020 Rules—CPT Carriage paid toThis Practice Note comprises the guidance note to the CPT Carriage paid to Incoterm in the Incoterms® 2020...
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19th May
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Affirmation

AffirmationAffirmation is an indication of the intention to continue with a contract. Affirmation may arise in the case of:•a repudiatory breach of...
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19th May
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Counterparts clause

1 Counterparts—agreement 1.1 This agreement may be signed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which when...
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19th May
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Agent and principal relationships with third parties

Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
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19th May
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Bailment

BailmentThis Practice Note provides an introduction to bailment, which is a large and complex topic.This Practice Note provides a working definition...
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Produced in partnership with Quentin Tannock of 4 Pump Court 19th May
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Execution clause—company—contract

Option 1—contract signed on behalf of a company, where the authorised signatory is an individual Signed by [insert name of...
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19th May
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Requirements of the company seal

Requirements of the company sealThis Practice Note provides practical guidance regarding the requirements of the company seal. Where a company has a...
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19th May
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Private right of redress for consumers

Private right of redress for consumersThis Practice Note summarises a consumer’s private right of redress for misleading and aggressive commercial...
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19th May
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Incoterms® 2020 Rules—DPU Delivered at Place Unloaded

Incoterms® 2020 Rules—DPU Delivered at Place UnloadedThis Practice Note comprises the guidance note to the DPU Delivered at Place Unloaded Incoterm in...
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19th May
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Subcontracting

SubcontractingThis Practice Note examines the following legal and practical matters in relation to entering into a subcontract or when granting...
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19th May

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Common financial covenants

Common financial covenants

Common financial covenantsThis Practice Note explains certain common financial covenants used in commercial finance transactions including:•minimum net worth test•gearing ratio•leverage ratio (or debt to equity ratio)•current ratio (or acid test ratio)•cashflow ratio•interest cover ratio, and•loan

Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for pollution

Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for pollution

Private nuisancePrivate nuisance is an unlawful interference with a person's use or enjoyment of land or some right over or in connection with it. Interference must be unreasonable, and may be caused, eg by water, smoke, smell, fumes, gas, noise, heat or vibrations. Where the defendant has not

Common law offence of false imprisonment

Common law offence of false imprisonment

Common law offence of false imprisonmentThe offence of false imprisonmentFalse imprisonment is a common law offence but it is more common as a civil action in tort (see Practice Note: False imprisonment).It is triable only on indictment. It may be classified in class 2A, 2B or 3 in accordance with

Sentencing fraud offences committed by individuals

Sentencing fraud offences committed by individuals

Sentencing fraud offences committed by individualsThe Sentencing Council (SC) has produced sentencing guidelines for fraud offences under the Fraud Act 2006 (fraud by false representation, fraud by failing to disclose information and fraud by abuse of position), false accounting under section 17 of