Dear [name of volunteer] Volunteer agreement This letter sets out what we, [organisation name], and you, as a volunteer, can reasonably expect from your volunteering role. We appreciate your volunteering with us. You will be a valued part of [organisation name] and we commit to do our best to make your volunteer experience a positive and rewarding one. Volunteer role Your role as volunteer is [set out in the attached role description OR [detail title if applicable and the nature and components of the role]]. Your role will benefit [organisation name] by [detail purpose of work/how the voluntary work will benefit the organisation]. We accept your voluntary services beginning on [date]. We will be flexible in relation to your volunteering hours, recognising your need for holiday time and other commitments. You will not be committed to any set working hours and there is no minimum volunteer time. However, we hope that you will be able to volunteer with us for at least [duration/preferred minimum commitment] so that we can both maximise the benefit from the experience. Please

Dear [insert name of authorised recipient on behalf of counterparty], [insert name of agreement]: [insert client name] and [insert counter-party name] 1 [As you are aware, we OR We act] for [insert client name] (our client). 2 Our client and [insert counter-party name] ([insert short name]) are parties to a [insert agreement name] dated [insert date] (Agreement). 3 We are instructed that [insert counter-party

Dear [insert name of of authorised recipient on behalf of counterparty], [Insert name of agreement]: [insert client name] and [insert counter-party name] 1 [As you are aware, we OR We act] for [insert client name] (our client). 2 Our client and [insert counter-party name] ([insert short name]) are parties to a [insert agreement name] dated [insert date] (Agreement). 3 We are instructed that [insert counter-party short name] has breached the Agreement by failing to pay £[insert amount] (Debt) to our client by [insert due date] as required

Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (CCR 2013), SI 2013/3134 which came into force on 13 June 2014, regulate most contracts made between a 'trader' and a 'consumer'. They provide general cancellation rights for goods and services including an extended ‘cooling-off’ period for distance and off-premises contracts of up to 14 days after delivery (for goods) or conclusion of the contract (for services) as opposed to the previous seven calendar

In answering this Q&A we have limited our research to cover the payment of invoices for goods received. We assume the Q&A is referring to payment to the wrong party due to third party fraud. In conducting our research we have focussed on defences available to persons who innocently paid the wrong party. See below a non-exhaustive list of issues you may wish to consider. Contract One consideration you may wish to contemplate is the contract and the contractual obligations of the customer. The terms of the contract regarding payment would need to be interpreted in order to determine whether or not the customer (A) has fulfilled their obligations. For further information, see Practice Notes: Contract interpretation—the guiding principles

This Practice Note considers the different categories of contractual damages that may be available for financial loss (pecuniary loss), ie expectation-based damages, reliance-based damages and gains-based damages. For guidance on seeking to recover wasted expenditure resulting from a breach of contract, see Practice Note: Contractual damages—damages for wasted expenditure and management time. For guidance on contractual damages generally, see Practice Note: Contractual damages—general principles; which includes the dicta of Baron Parke in Robinson v Harman as to the compensatory nature of damages for contractual breach, ie that a party who suffers loss as a result of breach of contract is entitled: ‘…to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed.’ For guidance on claiming damages for non-financial loss for breach of contract, see Practice Note: Contractual damages—non-pecuniary losses. Note that contracts often seek to limit or exclude the type of losses that may be recoverable in any particular breach scenario, which can lead to significant disputes and should be a key consideration for lawyers when drafting

This Checklist outlines key provisions and issues for consideration when drafting and negotiating a payment clause in a business to business contract, including provisions on late payment. The Commercial Payments Bill was introduced to Parliament in May 2026 and is likely to have a significant impact on contractual payment provisions, interest on late payments, invoice dispute mechanisms, increased reporting on payment practices and increased powers of the Small Business Commissioner. For more information, see below and News Analysis: Commercial Payments Bill: practical implications for commercial lawyers and Practice Note: Commercial—horizon scanner. For a Precedent payment clause, see Precedent: Payment clause—commercial contracts. For information on late payment, see Practice Notes: Penalty interest rates in commercial contracts and Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, including, in particular, sections: • Contracts, organisations and debts subject to LPCD(I)A 1998 • Calculating the statutory interest • Express terms for late payment in place of statutory interest • Meaning of 'grossly unfair' Price and payment provisions in a contract are often interlinked. When using this checklist, also

A contract of insurance There is no statutory definition of an insurance contract, despite the fact that effecting and carrying out contracts of insurance are regulated activities under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The generally accepted position, and the starting position taken by the Financial Conduct Authority in its perimeter guidance (PERG) (PERG 6.3.4 and PERG 6.5) has been to look to common law. The description of insurance given in Prudential v Commissioners of Inland Revenue is usually regarded as a good starting point. This case describes a contract of insurance as one whereby one party (the insurer) promises in return for consideration (the premium) to pay to the other party (the insured) a sum of money, or to provide them with a corresponding benefit,

Where a party to a construction contract becomes insolvent, the consequences of this insolvency are set out in the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986). However, the contract may itself provide expressly for what is to happen where a party, usually the contractor, becomes insolvent. Following the implementation of Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA 2020), suppliers have been prohibited from exercising contractual termination rights arising from insolvency situations through the introduction of section 233B of the IA 1986. CIGA 2020 may therefore impact supply chains in the construction industry. The IA 1986 The IA 1986 deals with both the bankruptcy of individuals and with a winding up of companies. Where an individual who is a contractor becomes bankrupt, the contract will pass to the Trustee in Bankruptcy. Where a winding up order is made against a company trading as a contractor, the benefit and burden of the contract will remain with the company, the liquidator having stepped into the shoes of the directors to carry on the business of the company so far as is necessary

This Q&A outlines some key considerations for a public body drafting grant funding agreements. Circumstances will vary from one project to another and this Q&A is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the matters to be addressed when preparing grant funding agreement. Although there is no single government grant funding template, several government funding streams use fixed terms which are available on government websites. For example, the Department for Education, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and NHS England, which all publish grant funding terms on their websites. Key considerations for public bodies preparing grant funding agreements are set out below. Grant agreement or services contract? It is important to be clear as to whether the contract will truly be a grant funding agreement or a services contract as this will have implications for VAT treatment and obligations under public procurement rules. General

This Practice Note considers unfair terms which may arise in consumer contracts and refers to several key provisions in the Consumer Rights Act 2022 (Ireland) (CRA 2022 (IRL) which relate to unfair terms. These provisions aim to protect and reinforce the rights of consumers who engage in agreements with businesses and traders. This Practice Note examines what an unfair term is, which terms are presumed to be unfair and which terms are always considered to be unfair terms under CRA 2022 (IRL). It looks at how to determine whether a consumer contract term is transparent and how to interpret the fairness of terms in consumer contracts. It also examines the role of the court under the CRA 2022 (IRL). Unfair terms and the Consumer Rights Act (2022) CRA 2022 (IRL) has transposed several European Consumer Rights Directives into Irish law, including Directive (EU) 2019/2161, the EU Omnibus Directive which itself amends Directives such as Council Directive 93/13/EEC also known as the EU Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive, Directive

Pre-contract searches Pre-contract searches are usually carried out by the tenant’s solicitor but may be carried out by the landlord’s solicitors if they are to give a certificate of title. This can include: • local search • index map search • drainage and water search • highways search • environmental desktop search For further information, see Practice Note: Pre-contract searches. Environmental desktop searches The Law Society Practice Note on contaminated land recommends that in all conveyancing transactions, solicitors acting for tenants should consider whether land contamination is an issue. This can involve the following steps: • suggest that a desktop search is obtained to investigate historic and neighbouring contaminative uses • raise environmental enquiries with the landlord’s solicitors or regulators • explain the liability risks to the client • add appropriate protections in the lease See Practice Notes and Checklist: • Law Society practice note on contaminated land • Property due diligence—contaminated land—checklist • Environmental investigations—types of searches and investigations • Leases—tenant protection clause for existing contamination Negative