Table of Contents

Introduction; Affiliates, group companies and subsidiaries; Agency, partnership and joint venture (denials of); Agents for service; Agreeing to enter and signing an agreement (execution and signature block clauses); Amendment or variation; Announcements; Appointment; Arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and the use of experts; Assignment and novation; Auditing, inspection and records; Best endeavours, reasonable endeavours and all reasonable endeavours; Breach; Capacity (and authority); Charges; Commencement date; Completion; Conditions precedent and subsequent; Confidentiality; Consent; Consequences of termination (survival of terms); Consultation; Consumer contracts; Contra proferentem; Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999; Costs and expenses; Counterparts (or duplicates); Covenants; Cumulative remedies; Currency; Data protection; Date of agreement; Deeds; Definitions; Deposits and part payments; Disclaimers; Entire and final agreement and acknowledgement of non-reliance; Exclusive, non-exclusive and sole; Exemption clauses; Expiry and termination at will; Force majeure; Freedom of information; Further assurance; Good faith; Indemnities; Indexation (inflation); Insolvency (termination for); Insurance; Intellectual property; Interest; Interpretation; Joint and several liability; Language; Law and jurisdiction; Months and other expressions of time; Net sales value (or net invoice price); Notices; Option and right of first refusal; Parties; Payment terms; Priority of terms; Receipts; Recitals; Reporting; Retention of title; Schedules; Set-off and retention; Severance and invalidity; Stamp duty (and Stamp Duty Land Tax); Sub-contracting; Subject to contract (and other denials of a legally-binding contract); Successors and assigns; Termination for breach; Territory; Time of the essence; Title (or property) and risk; Value Added Tax; Waivers and releases; Warranties; Appendix Boilerplate Agreement.

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About the Author

Mark Anderson is Managing Partner of Anderson Law. He drafts, negotiates and advises on commercial agreements and has over 30 years’ experience as a commercial and intellectual property lawyer. Mark’s clients include commercial companies (both publicly-quoted and private companies, including SMEs), professional service firms (including overseas law firms), universities, hospitals and other charities, funding bodies, investors, and individual inventors and entrepreneurs. His clients are based mostly in England and Wales, but also in Continental Europe, North America and Australasia. Victor Warner is a solicitor and consultant with Anderson Law. Victor is the lead author of several legal textbooks and loose-leaf works produced by Anderson Law, including Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts (4th Ed) and Technology Law (3rd Ed) both published by Bloomsbury Professional.