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The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Commercial weekly highlights—5 February 2026
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...
Consignment stock agreement—review and negotiation guideScope and purposeThis Practice Note is prepared to assist with the review and/or negotiation of a consignment stock agreement, and accompanies Precedents: Consignment stock agreement—pro-customer and Consignment stock agreement—pro-supplier.A
In business to business (B2B) transactions, why are goods but not services supplied with a warranty period and services warranted to be performed with reasonable skill & care?Warranties are assurances or promises given by a party to a contract, breach of which will give rise to a right to the
Price variation clauses1Price variation (events prior to delivery of goods or products)Confirmed Price Date•means [insert number] days before [delivery of the [Products OR Goods]].1.1At any time prior to the Confirmed Price Date only, the Supplier may, by notice to the Customer, increase the Price
Equipment leasing and hiringThis Practice Note provides an overview of the contractual considerations which arise when leasing or hiring equipment, being a contract for the simple hire or bailment of goods, in a business to business transaction. This Practice Note does not consider hire purchase or
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