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 Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the terms of reference for its newly established Consumer Forum, which has been created to...
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: the Competition and Markets Authority analyses consumer impacts of agentic AI and issues...
Arbitration analysis: The decision is a salutary reminder of the need for careful drafting of dispute resolution clauses, notices of arbitration and...
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Tech Lab has announced the release of the Content Monetization Protocol (CoMP) Specification v1.0 for public...
Law360, London: A group of workers suing Dyson over alleged forced labour when they made components at Malaysian factories have settled their claim...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
This Practice Note considers the EU conflict minerals regime which, by requiring third party audits and disclosures about supply chain due diligence,...
This Practice Note identifies some of the key differences between adjudication and litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert...
This Practice Note considers the rights and obligations of service providers and the rights of service recipients under the Provision of Services...
This Practice Note compares patents, supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), trade secrets, copyright, database rights, design rights, trade...
IntroductionBlock exemption regulations provide widely applicable safe harbours for agreements from the UK prohibition on anticompetitive agreements...
Latest Commercial Precedents
These Training Materials provide an introduction to exemption clauses and cover the basic areas of relevance for commercial lawyers when drafting and...
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Stop press: The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 6 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/82 bring into...
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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
Affirmation of contracts
Affirmation is an indication of the intention to continue with a contract.
Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2010
Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2010: European legislation which updated the previous 'Television Without Frontiers Directive' to take account of technological advances and convergence in the media landscape and regulate broadcast regulation across all audiovisual media services, including online services which are deemed 'television-like'.
Sales promotion
Sales promotions are a promotional marketing technique used by marketers to make their products and services more attractive to consumers. They are an incentive for consumers to purchase a product or service by way of a benefit to consumers.
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