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Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Standard Terms 5th edition [Multiple-component retail product]

, (Solicitor and founder, Singleton's, London, UK.)
  • Formatas: Multiple-component retail product, 560 pages, aukštis x plotis: 248x156 mm, weight: 896 g, Contains 1 Paperback / softback and 1 Digital online
  • Išleidimo metai: 31-Dec-2019
  • Leidėjas: Bloomsbury Professional
  • ISBN-10: 1526508338
  • ISBN-13: 9781526508331
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Multiple-component retail product, 560 pages, aukštis x plotis: 248x156 mm, weight: 896 g, Contains 1 Paperback / softback and 1 Digital online
  • Išleidimo metai: 31-Dec-2019
  • Leidėjas: Bloomsbury Professional
  • ISBN-10: 1526508338
  • ISBN-13: 9781526508331
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Provides useful background and detailed advice on the law surrounding a wide range of commercial agreements including: Key common clauses; When to use standard terms; Procedures and good practice; Termination of contracts; Remedies for breach; Specific issues relating to export, software and consumer contracts. It also contains valuable precedents, including expert guidance on Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer agreements, providing users with an excellent tool for drafting commercial contracts.

Key changes for the new 5th edition include coverage and analysis of:

- important case law as to when terms are unfair or unreasonable, notably the first Supreme Court ruling on the fairness test in ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis - Changes in the regulation of consumer credit since regulation passed to the Financial Conduct Authority - Fresh court guidance as to when terms have been incorporated into a contract - Rulings on the rules as to the enforceable of onerous terms - The Consumer Rights Act 2015 - The effect of the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR - Brexit and the transitional period - The new 2019 EU Regulation on privacy - Replacement of the PECR regulations by the new EU Directive on trade secrets and UK implementation

An essential resource for commercial contract drafters helping them to prepare water tight legal agreements and ensure that they are completely clear on what a business must do to stay on the right side of the law.

Includes online access to downloadable precedents

Daugiau informacijos

A guide to drafting and interpreting commercial contracts both Business-to-Business contracts and Business to Consumer contracts.
Preface vii
Preface to the First Edition xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Table of Statutes
xix
Table of Statutory Instruments
xxiii
Table of Cases
xxv
Section A Commentary
A1 Forming and Concluding a Contract
3(52)
At a glance
3(2)
Whether agreement has been reached
5(2)
Enforceability of incomplete contractual terms
7(1)
Effect of subsequent communications between parties and contractual enforceability
8(2)
An `agreement to agree' provision
10(1)
Effect of waiver on mode of acceptance
10(2)
The position where an agreement is subject to consent being obtained
12(1)
Proper parties to the contract
13(1)
Implied terms
13(12)
The incorporation of contract terms
25(8)
Unusual or onerous terms
33(6)
The effect of express variation clauses
39(2)
The effect of signature
41(1)
The `battle of the forms'
41(2)
The relative importance of the contract terms
43(2)
Intermediate terms
45(1)
Contractual interpretation
46(7)
Signing a contract
53(1)
Checklist
54(1)
A2 Common and Specific Clauses and Terms
55(126)
At a glance
55(2)
Describing the goods or services
57(3)
Quality and fitness for purpose
60(13)
When not reasonably fit
73(2)
Goods supplied under the contract
75(3)
Where model seen or examined before contract
78(1)
Digital content
78(1)
Sales by sample
79(1)
Effect of slight breaches
79(1)
Passing of risk
80(1)
Passing of property
81(5)
Retention of title
86(3)
Varieties of retention clause
89(3)
Exclusion clauses and unfair terms
92(6)
The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
98(16)
The Consumer Rights Act 2015
114(14)
Penalty clauses
128(10)
Liquidated damages clauses
138(9)
Prepayments and forfeitures
147(1)
Limitation periods
147(4)
Excluding liability for misrepresentation
151(6)
Entire agreement and non-reliance clauses
157(3)
Frustration
160(4)
Third party rights
164(2)
Intellectual property rights
166(1)
Confidentiality, non-disclosure and trade secrets
167(5)
Notices
172(2)
Signature
174(1)
Proper law clauses
174(1)
Competition issues
175(3)
Checklist
178(3)
A3 Export Contracts -- Special Issues
181(42)
At a glance
181(1)
Legislative framework
182(1)
Current strategic export control legislation
183(1)
UN embargoes
184(5)
Getting an export licence
189(32)
Checklist
221(2)
A4 Software Contracts -- Special Issues
223(24)
At a glance
223(1)
Whether software is `goods'
224(3)
Consumer contracts
227(1)
Intellectual property
227(1)
Instructions for use
228(1)
Documentation
229(1)
Warranties and limitation of liability
230(1)
The legal status of guarantees
231(1)
Purchaser's safeguard against intellectual property infringements
232(1)
Use and licence of software
233(1)
Acceptance tests
234(1)
Restrictions on use
234(1)
Confidentiality
235(1)
Source code escrow
235(1)
Training
236(1)
Patent/copyright indemnity
236(1)
Bespoke software
237(5)
Checklist
242(5)
Section B Business-to-Business Contracts
B1 Terms and Conditions for the Sale and Supply of Goods
247(66)
At a glance
247(1)
General
248(45)
Checklist
293(1)
Precedent -- Terms and Conditions of Sale; Specimen Contract
294(19)
B2 Terms and Conditions of Purchase: buyer
313(16)
Checklist
313(1)
Precedent -- Terms and Conditions of Purchase by buyer; Specimen Contract
314(13)
Other possible considerations
327(2)
B3 Licence of Computer Software -- Buyer/Licensee
329(16)
At a glance
329(1)
Commentary
329(3)
Precedent -- Licence of Computer Software and Purchase of Support Services
332(13)
Appendix 1
345(4)
Appendix 2
349(1)
Appendix 3
349(2)
B4 Professional Services Agreement -- Supplier
351(14)
At a glance
351(1)
Commentary
351(2)
Precedent -- Professional Services Agreement -- Supplier
353(9)
Professional Services Agreement Reference
362(3)
B5 Professional Services Agreement -- Buyer
365(26)
At a glance
365(1)
Commentary
365(1)
Precedent -- Professional Services Agreement -- Buyer
366(15)
Attachment 1
381(4)
Attachment 2
385(1)
Attachment 3
386(3)
Attachment 4
389(1)
Attachment 5
389(2)
B6 Terms and Conditions for Sale of Goods by Export -- Supplier
391(8)
At a glance
391(1)
Commentary
391(2)
Precedent -- Terms and Conditions for Sale of Goods by Export
393(6)
B7 Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Goods and Services by Import -- Buyer
399(12)
At a glance
399(1)
Commentary
399(1)
Precedent - Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Goods and Services (Import)
400(11)
Section C Business-to-Consumer Contracts
C1 Consumer Contracts -- Distance Selling
411(20)
At a glance
411(1)
Preliminary issues of incorporation and terminology
411(2)
Precedent -- Specimen Distance Selling Contract
413(9)
Presentation of contract terms
422(6)
Using telephone calls to conclude a distance contract
428(1)
Confirming distance contracts
428(2)
Checklist
430(1)
C2 Hire Purchase Contracts
431(40)
At a glance
431(1)
Definition
431(1)
Hire purchase v conditional sale
432(1)
Regulated hire purchase agreements
432(1)
Creditworthiness
433(16)
Incorporating these further terms
449(5)
Owner's obligations before termination
454(2)
When within the 2010 Regulations
456(1)
Hire Purchase Agreement regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974
457(10)
Unregulated hire purchase agreements
467(3)
Conditional sale agreements
470(1)
C3 Online Terms and Conditions of Sale
471(16)
At a glance
471(1)
Excepted contracts
471(1)
Distance selling
472(11)
Special provisions as to the supply of services
483(1)
Checklist
484(3)
C4 Online Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Software
487(12)
At a glance
487(1)
Issues
488(1)
Contract terms required by the Regulations
488(5)
Rights and remedies under the Consumer Rights Act 2015
493(1)
Precedent -- Standard Internet Contract for Software
493(4)
Checklist
497(2)
Index 499
Dr Saleem Sheikh is a solicitor and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of East London. Susan Singleton is a solicitor with her own London firm, Singletons.