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
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW H4) has launched a consultation to...
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Parliament, which aims to...
One complaint was received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) concerning a television and YouTube advertisement by Select Specs Ltd...
Information Law analysis: This decision of the High Court arose out of a claim for misuse of confidential information brought against a company and...
Details of updates to HMRC import, export and customs guidance for the period from 4 to 10 November 2025....
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
Advertising and promotion of medicinal productsThis Practice Note introduces and considers the general principles that apply to the advertising and...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation—e-commerceThis Practice Note considers the practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Key UK competition law issues in distribution/reseller agreementsThis Practice Note sets out the key UK competition law issues arising in...
UK competition law and commercial agreements—quick guideThis Practice Note provides a quick guide to UK competition law for commercial agreements. It...
Advertising fraud—a quick guideWhat is advertising (ad) fraud?Advertising (ad) fraud broadly refers to deceptive or illicit practices in the...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Confidentiality agreement—corporate joint ventureThis Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of first...
Transitional services agreement—private M&A—asset purchaseThis Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20 [insert year]Parties1[Insert name of...
Share purchase agreement—super short formThis Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of selling corporate...
Franchise business sale agreementThis Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR incorporated in [insert jurisdiction, eg England...
Legal due diligence questionnaire—private M&A—asset purchaseDated [insert date]Introduction This legal due diligence questionnaire relates to the...
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
Carbon Insetting
means a carbon reduction project, verified by a carbon offset standard, which occurs within a company’s supply chain or supply chain communities.
Corporeal and incorporeal chattels
A person is said to have corporeal chattels when he has not only the right but also the actual enjoyment of the chattels while a person who has merely a bare right to enjoy such chattels is said to have incorporeal chattels.
Product Carbon Footprint
means the total Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions over the whole life of the [product OR service], from the extraction of raw materials and manufacturing through to its use and final re-use, recycling or disposal, including Greenhouse Gas Emissions associated with the raw materials and services purchased by the Supplier in order to deliver the [product OR service].
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