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The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Commercial weekly highlights—3 July 2025
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...
Implied terms in contracts for goods and servicesExpress and implied contractual terms distinguishedContractual terms may be either express or implied:•express terms—are terms which are actually recorded in a written contract or openly expressed in an oral contract at the time the contract is made
Contracts for the supply of services—business to businessThis Practice Note provides an overview of some of the key legislation and regulation impacting business to business (B2B) contracts for the supply of services. It considers the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (SGSA 1982), Equality Act
What are the remedies for breach of a term implied by section 13 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982? What is repudiatory breach and how is it established?For the purpose of this Q&A, we have considered implied terms in contracts for goods and services in business-to-business contracts
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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