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Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts, 5th Edition

Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts, 5th Edition

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  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
  • ISBN: 9781526517241
  • Published In: February 2023
  • Format: Hardback , 456 pages
  • Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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    Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts is for anyone who need to understand, negotiate or draft commercial contracts. The book includes:

    - A guide to the common legal issues in negotiating and drafting contracts
    - An explanation of the structure and content of a commercial contract
    - Good and bad practice in drafting (and in using clear, modern English)
    - The meaning and use of commonly-used words, phrases and legal jargon
    - The formalities for creating and signing contracts
    - Guidance on the interpretation of contracts
    - Steps to take, and what to check for in a contract to eliminate errors (including lists of what to check for in different situations)
    - Practical measures to protect documents from unwanted alteration, to remove metadata and sensitive information and to secure documents
    - Drafting and legal issues when contracting with consumers

    Fully updated to take account of important court decisions regarding the interpretation of contracts and changes in consumer legislation, the fifth edition also includes:
    - new chapters on termination of contracts and dealing with disputes
    - new material on administering of existing contracts and modern methods of executing documents (eg DocuSign)
    - new and updated examples of contract drafting techniques
    - additional definitions of legal terms used in contracts

    It is essential reading for commercial lawyers, contract managers, in-house lawyers, lawyers in private practice, LPC course tutors and law and business students.

  • Chapter 1: Legal Formalities for a Binding Contract
    Chapter 2: The Structure and Format of the Contract
    Chapter 3: COntract Drafting Techniques
    Chapter 4: Advanced Drafting Techniques
    Chapter 5: Basic Commercia/Legal Issues Affecting Contract Drafting
    Chapter 6: Interpretation of Contracts by the Courts - Implications for the Drafter/Negotiator
    Chapter 7: Drafting Consumer Contracts
    Chapter 8: Legal Terms and Lawyers' Jargon
    Chapter 9: Techniques for Checking Contracts Before Signing Them
    Chapter 10: Drafting, Exchanging and Protecting Documents Electronically Precedents

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