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
Information Law analysis: This was a High Court case involving issues of confidentiality, trade secrets and copyright. It centred around two firms who...
Two complaints were received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regarding the paid promotion of unlicensed, nicotine-containing e-cigarettes...
A pipeline notice will need to be published for each £2m+ procurement in a contracting authority’s pipeline. The first pipeline notices must be...
Law360, London: Dyson will dispute claims in England that it did nothing about allegations of forced labour at Malaysian factories making components...
EU Law analysis: In a landmark ruling, the Court of Justice recently affirmed the applicability of EU consumer protection law to contracts involving...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
A practical guide to exchange and completion—share and asset purchasesPrivate M&A transactions, whether they be for the sale and purchase of a company...
How to identify when an offset arrangement might become a bribeOffset arrangements arise where an additional investment, payment or other industrial,...
The Bribery Act 2010—an introductory guideThe Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) was passed to ensure the UK’s compliance with the Organisation for Economic...
Anti-bribery and corruption—gifts and hospitalityAlmost every business engages in some form of hospitality with existing or potential business...
Forming enforceable contracts—considerationThis Practice Note examines the doctrine of consideration and the key role it plays in English law in...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Contract cover sheet[Insert commercial sensitivity status, eg ‘confidential’, ‘privileged and confidential’, ‘restricted’, etc]For internal use only:...
Privacy policy—general commercial organisation—customer-facingWe take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it...
International supply of goods agreement—business-to-businessThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of supplier] [of OR a company...
Board minutes—private M&A—share purchase—completion—targetCompany number: [insert company number][insert company name] [LIMITED OR PLC] Minutes of a...
Invitation to tender—template1Introduction1.1Invitation to tenderThis is an invitation to tender to provide the Services in accordance with [insert...
Latest Commercial Q&As
Featured Commercial content
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,...
Repudiation
RepudiationThis Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes...
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...
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...
Contract variation
Contract variationThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a...
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...
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...
Types of carrier of goods
Types of carrier of goodsThis Practice Note provides an introduction to two types of cargo carrier; common carriers and private carriers, and explains...
In a business-to-business contract where a contractual long-stop date has passed but the parties wish to continue with the contract, should they document their intention to continue or enter into a new contract?
Electronic signatures
Electronic signaturesAn electronic signature is the electronic equivalent of a handwritten signature and links a person to the contents of an...
What is the meaning of a non-exclusive agent? Does this give the agent the right to sell goods other than those of the principal?
Deeds
DeedsUnder English law, legally binding agreements can be made orally, in writing or by deed.This Practice Notice considers the circumstances in which...
Scope and authority of the agent
Scope and authority of the agentThis Practice Note describes the nature and degree of an agent's authority which is conferred upon it by 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...
Exclusion and limitation of liability
Exclusion and limitation of liabilityThis Practice Note considers exclusion and limitation of liability in business-to-business (B2B) contracts. It...
Carriage of goods by sea—the Hague-Visby Rules
Carriage of goods by sea—the Hague-Visby RulesThis Practice Note explains the Hague-Visby rules (the Rules) which are an international convention...
Subcontracting
SubcontractingThis Practice Note examines the following legal and practical matters in relation to entering into a subcontract or when granting...
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...
Associated legal terms
Assignment
An assignment is 'an immediate transfer of an existing proprietary right, vested or contingent from one party to another'. Assignments can occur by consent or by operation of law.
British Isles
The British Isles includes the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and the Republic of Ireland.
Zero Carbon Homes
[means dwellings that are designed to [maximum energy efficiency standards OR Passive House standards OR BREEAM rating outstanding] and to be heated and powered only through [on-site OR off-site] renewable technologies and where their construction has resulted in Net Zero including through efficient methods of construction, the use of materials with low Embodied Carbon and the use of Offsetting for Residual Emissions. OR means highly energy efficient dwellings where the operational energy requirements are met by on-site or off-site renewable energy technologies so that the use of the building results in zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions. OR means dwellings that have been modified to improve their energy efficiency so that following completion of the [retrofitting] works their operational energy use results in zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions and where the [retrofitting] works use materials with low Embodied Carbon.]
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