About Commercial Law
As a commercial lawyer, you have to cover a lot of ground. Today, you might be drawing up agreements for suppliers. Tomorrow, you might be dealing with a query on intellectual property. When you're wearing so many hats, sometimes the real challenge is simply knowing where to start. Whatever the challenge, Lexis+ Commercial is the only place you need to look. You'll find clear, concise practice notes that not only explain the legal principles, but include practical tips on how to apply them in real life - with direct links to the relevant legislation, case law, commentary, forms and precedents you'll need. And because an increasing number of our forms and precedents are being automated, with LexisSmart, you can draft a contract or generate a whole suite of documents just by filling in one questionnaire. Plus, you'll get regular news updates and analysis, to help you keep an eye on what's happening in the law and the market.
Contracts
Helping you deliver watertight contracts. We cover the contract lifecycle from negotiation to termination. Providing guidance and precedents to assist with all aspects of contract management.
Contract clause bank
Offering a wealth of practical drafting and negotiating checklists, precedent contract clauses and practice notes to help you confidently negotiate, draft and execute robust commercial agreements.
Supplier management
Our supplier management tools and guidance help you build resilient supply chains. Assisting with supplier selection, the procurement of goods and services, sustainability, compliance and more.
Key developments
Whether you have a broad or niche commercial practice, staying on top of ongoing developments is a challenge. Our weekly highlights and topic trackers keep you up to date with all the latest developments.
Topics We Cover
Latest Commercial News
TMT analysis: From the 5 January 2026, ads for ‘identifiable’ less healthy food and drink products will be banned from appearing on television between...
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: announcement of the decision in Fibula Air Travel SRL v Just Us Air SRL which considered...
Banking & Finance analysis: The case of Macdonald Hotels alarmed lenders and their lawyers earlier in the year, with obiter comments suggesting that,...
Six complaints have been received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about ads for weight-loss medicines and services, including the...
Commercial analysis: On 23 October 2025, the High Court handed down judgment in the case of Houssein v London Credit Ltd re-determining whether a...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
MoratoriumPart A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) provides for an process whereby directors of insolvent companies, or companies that are likely...
Exclusion and limitation of liabilityThis Practice Note considers exclusion and limitation of liability in business-to-business (B2B) contracts. It...
Contract formation—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for the formation of contracts in various international jurisdictions. The...
DeedsUnder English law, legally binding agreements can be made orally, in writing or by deed.This Practice Notice considers the circumstances in which...
Drop ship agreement—review and negotiation guideScope and purposeThis Practice Note is prepared to assist with the review and/or negotiation of a drop...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Personal data sharing schedule—controller to controller—pro-disclosing partyDefined terms: This precedent schedule uses the additional defined terms...
Personal data sharing clause—controller to controller—pro-receiving partyDefined terms: This Precedent clause uses the additional defined terms...
Personal data processing schedule—short form—pro-controllerThis Precedent is drafted in contemplation of arrangements where the parties wish to insert...
Personal data processing schedule—short form—pro-processorThis Precedent is drafted in contemplation of arrangements where the parties wish to insert...
Drop ship agreement—pro-supplierThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of supplier] [of OR trading as [insert trading name] of OR a...
Latest Commercial Q&As
Featured Commercial content
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...
Repudiation of contract
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?
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...
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,...
Do the terms ‘Schedule’, ‘Appendix’, ‘Annex’ or similar have any particular meaning in commercial contracts? What should I consider if using them?
Contracts required to be in writing
Contracts required to be in writingThis Practice Note considers the specific situations where a contract is required by law to be in writing:...
Subcontracting
SubcontractingThis Practice Note examines the following legal and practical matters in relation to entering into a subcontract or when granting...
Waiver and release
Waiver and releaseDefining waiverIn the law of contract, the term ‘waiver’ may have different meanings but is most commonly used to denote the...
Nature and types of agency
Nature and types of agencyThis Practice Note is an introduction to agency. It describes the essentials of the agency relationship between the...
Termination and expiry of contracts
Termination and expiry of contractsThis Practice Note provides an overview of contract expiry and of the different causes of termination and ways to...
Joint, several, and joint and several liability
Joint, several, and joint and several liabilityContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by...
What date should be put on a contract where the parties have not signed the contract contemporaneously? Is the date stated as the 'commencement date' in the contract or is it when the last of the parties signs/seals the contract?
Agreements to agree
Agreements to agreeThis Practice Note considers agreements to agree, and why an agreement to agree certain contractual terms at a future date has...
What is the significance of the words ‘warrants’ and ‘undertakes’ in a contractual obligation?
Which case law supports that an offer cannot be withdrawn after it has been accepted?
Contract variation
Contract variationThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a...
Electronic signatures
Electronic signaturesAn electronic signature is the electronic equivalent of a handwritten signature and links a person to the contents of an...
Associated legal terms
Bribery
The Bribery Act 2010 consolidated and reformed the law on bribery.
Condition precedent
A condition which delays the vesting of a right until the beginning of an event.
Equitable assignment
Assignments can occur in equity when any of the requirements of legal assignment are not satisfied.
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