Understanding the intricacies of contractual agreements is crucial, and our expert guidance on the provision of services can help. Our resources provide practical insights into drafting, negotiating, and enforcing service contracts, ensuring clarity and compliance for your commercial endeavours. Enhance your practice with essential knowledge to protect your clients' interests and mitigate risks in service transactions.
The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Commercial weekly highlights—16 October 2025
The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on No Set-Off Clause Effective Against Defence of Circuity of Action (Alaska Airlines v Virgin Aviation)
Fiduciary DutiesWho is a fiduciary?There is no comprehensive list of the relationships which give rise to the existence of fiduciary duties under...
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?For the purposes of this Q&A we have assumed this...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
How do you remove one of the parties from a multi-party agreement?The commentary (which generally assumes there are only two parties to a contract) generally draws a distinction between variation (in summary, where the terms of a contract are altered) and a contract for termination (or rescission)
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
0330 161 1234