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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.
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Commercial analysis: A case brought to the Court of Appeal challenging the High Court’s decision on the scope of fiduciary duty, informed consent and...
Three complaints were received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regarding FX Compared Ltd t/a FXcompared. The complaints were about...
Details of updates to HMRC import, export and customs guidance for the period from 15 to 22 April 2025....
Commercial analysis: 2025 is set to be a busy year in UK consumer protection law. With the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issuing its annual...
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: analysis of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024’s consumer regime...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
Mediation—advantages and disadvantagesThis Practice Note sets out the key differences between, and likely advantages and disadvantages of, the...
How to identify when a commission might become a bribeCommissions constitute the giving of a financial advantage. Not all commissions will be bribes....
Contract interpretation—rules of contract interpretationThis Practice Note on rules on interpreting contracts (agreements) (also known as construing...
Contract interpretation—the guiding principlesKey questions for any dispute resolution lawyer when reviewing a contract in the context of a dispute...
Direct marketingThis Practice Note analyses legal and commercial issues arising out of direct marketing activities. It covers the relevant provisions...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Hardship clauseHardship•means[, subject to clause [1.6 OR 1.7],] a [fundamental OR material] change in the balance of a party’s benefits and...
Interest on late payment clause1Interest on late paymentIf either party fails to make payment in accordance with this Agreement the other party shall...
Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-discloserThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of party][ of [insert details] OR a company...
Services agreement—ongoing supply (without TUPE)—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer] [of OR a company...
Services agreement—one-off supply—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer] [of OR a company incorporated in...
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 ...
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 liabili...
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 partie...
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 ...
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 Rule...
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
B2B
Business to business—contracts between two businesses.
Illegality
A bar to the enforcement of an otherwise enforceable contract as the courts cannot compel one party to complete an immoral or illegal act even if that act would not have been illegal at the time of contracting.
Paris Alignment (or Paris Aligned)
[means that the GHG reduction targets and Climate Mitigation Measures of [insert Company name] support the achievement of the three goals set out in Articles 2.1 and 4.1 of the UNFCCC’s Paris Agreement[, in particular pursuing efforts to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels]. OR means aligning with the three goals set out in Articles 2.1 and 4.1 of the UNFCCC’s Paris Agreement[, in particular pursuing efforts to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels].]
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