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
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: commentary on the Court of Appeal's decision in Expert Tooling and Automation Ltd v...
Construction analysis: In this Part 8 claim, the Technology and Construction C ourt (TCC) held that, while informal, the parties had entered a...
A complaint against Groupon International Ltd and Jaoyeh Trading Ltd regarding misleading price claims was considered by the Advertising Standards...
The Cabinet Office has updated Procurement Policy Note 010: Procuring steel in government contracts (PPN 010), which provides in-scope organisations...
Commercial analysis: The English High Court has provided further guidance on the interpretation of ‘no waiver’ clauses in a recent decision. The...
Latest Commercial Practice Notes
Facilitation payments under the Bribery Act 2010Facilitating the performance of a duty by public officialsFacilitation payments, also known as...
Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officialsThe Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) criminalises:•bribing another person (active...
How to identify when a commission might become a bribeCommissions constitute the giving of a financial advantage. Not all commissions will be bribes....
Failure to prevent bribery—the offenceThis Practice Note explains the corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent bribery under section 7 of the...
Environmental issues in the supply chain for commercial lawyersChemicalsQuestionAnswerAs a business customer, when drafting a supply agreement for the...
Latest Commercial Precedents
Sales and marketing agency agreement for goods—exclusive—pro-agentThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a company...
Sales and marketing agency agreement for goods—exclusive—pro-principalThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a company...
Letter of intent—outsourced servicesStrictly private and confidentialTo: [Insert name of Customer party] (a company registered in [England and Wales],...
Sales and marketing agency agreement for goods—non-exclusive—pro-principalThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a...
Sales and marketing agency agreement for goods—non-exclusive—pro-agentThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a company...
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
Alternative Fuel
means fuel or power sources which serve, at least partly, as a substitute for fossil oil sources in the energy supply to transport and which have the potential to contribute to its decarbonisation and enhance the Environmental Performance of the transport sector and includes: (a) electricity; (b) hydrogen; (c) liquid or gaseous biofuels derived from biomass2; (d) synthetic and paraffinic fuels; (e) natural gas, including biomethane in gaseous form (compressed natural gas) and liquefied form (liquefied natural gas (LNG)), and (f) liquefied petroleum gas.
Arbitration Act 1986
The Arbitration Act 1996 governs the legal interpretation of arbitration agreements.
Social media
Internet-based platforms which allow for interactions between individuals or the broadcast of content to the wider world and which are far more interactive than traditional broadcast media.
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