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 Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published a guidance article outlining its remit on cross‑border ads, confirming that the Committee of...
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: announcement of the release of new horizon scanning content which includes a Practice...
Information Law analysis: This News Analysis provides a round-up of key developments in the field of Information Law in England & Wales and at...
As part of its ongoing regulatory oversight of pricing transparency in the travel and aviation sectors, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)...
Commercial analysis: This News Analysis provides a round-up of key developments in the field of commercial law in the UK in 2025 and looks ahead to...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
Doing business in: GermanyUpdated in December 2025IntroductionGermany is the strongest economy in Europe and one of the largest worldwide. Its central...
Boilerplate clauses in business-to-consumer contracts—general principlesThis Practice Note sets out the law on the use of boilerplate provisions in...
Commercial—horizon scannerThis Practice Note is a horizon scanner tracking key future developments in the field of commercial law in the UK. It...
Subscription modelsThis Practice Note sets out the key issues to consider when setting up a subscription model for the sale and supply of goods,...
Exclusion and limitation of liability—business-to-consumerThis Practice Note considers exclusion and limitation of liability in business-to-consumer...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Supply of warehousing and transport services agreement—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of supplier][ of OR a company...
Supply chain compliance schedule—short formThe Schedule1Definitions1.1In this Schedule:Adequate Procedures•shall be construed in accordance with BA...
Services agreement—ongoing supply (without TUPE)—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer] [of OR a company...
Services agreement—ongoing supply (with TUPE)—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer] [of OR a company...
Third party sexual harassment—contractual provisions1The Supplier acknowledges that the Customer has a duty under section 40A of the Equality Act 2010...
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
Asset purchase agreement
An agreement which enables a buyer to purchase only those assets and liabilities that it requires from a business.
Net Zero Target Plan
means a plan[ as agreed by the [Parties]] to deliver the Net Zero Target and to remain Net Negative thereafter that: (a) includes an Offsetting Strategy; (b) sets interim reduction targets for the Parties’ [GHG Emissions OR Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions] that are aligned with Paris Agreement goals; (c) links executive remuneration to the achievement of the interim targets; and (d) promotes a just transition to a low carbon economy.
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
Legislation which supplements the Data Protection Act 1998's regime for the use and privacy of personal data, requiring specific and/or 'opt-in' consent on the part of individual 'subscribers' to receive electronic direct marketing via fax, telephone and email, the processing of location data and use of cookie technology by websites to deliver specific user experiences or targeted advertising; there has been intense debate over how consent to the use of cookies can and should be provided by visitors to websites.
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