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A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses, 5th Edition

A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses, 5th Edition

Author: Mark Anderson; Victor Warner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
ISBN: 9781526529503

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781526500601
Published In: April 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Do you need help with drafting standard contract clauses, but only have a few minutes? This book is an alphabetical, quick-access guide. It provides up-to-date, practical drafting advice on the purpose and effect of a wide range of the clauses in common use.

The Fifth Edition covers major developments and includes new sections covering:

'Good governance', eg compliance with health and safety, bribery and slavery laws
Revised and expanded sections dealing with:
Entire agreement clauses
Exemption clauses
Indemnities
Warranties

This book includes:

A step-by-step commentary
Examples of best practice in different situations
Detailed notes on each type of boilerplate clause
A summary of relevant law, including statutory definitions and case law
Precedents supplied as an accompanying electronic download

Comprehensive and organised for ease of use, this title guides the user through each clause, explaining its purpose, considering its relevance, and providing illustrative examples.

1. Introduction

2. Acknowledgements

3. Affiliates, group companies and subsidiaries

4. Agency and partnership (denials of)

5. Agents for service

6. Agreeing to enter and signing an agreement (execution and signature block clauses)

7. Amendment or variation

8. Announcements

9. Appointment

10. Arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and the use of experts

11. Assignment and novation

12. Auditing, inspection and records

13. Best endeavours, reasonable endeavours and all reasonable endeavours

14. Breach

15. Capacity (and authority)

16. Charges

17. Commencement date

18. Completion

19. Conditions precedent and subsequent

20. Confidentiality

21. Consent

22. Consequences of termination (survival of terms)

23. Consultation

24. Consumer contracts

25. Contra proferentem

26. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

27. Costs and expenses

28. Counterparts (or duplicates)

29. Covenants

30. Cumulative remedies

31. Currency

32. Data protection

33. Date of agreement

34. Deeds

35. Definitions

36. Deposits and part payments

37. Disclaimers

38. Entire and final agreement and acknowledgement of non-reliance

39. Exclusive, non-exclusive and sole

40. Exemption clauses

41. Expiry and termination at will

42. Force majeure

43. Freedom on information

44. Further assurance

45. Good faith

46. Indemnities

47. Indexation (inflation)

48. Insolvency (termination for)

49. Insurance

50. Intellectual property

51. Interest

52. Interpretation

53. Joint and several liability

54. Language

55. Law and jurisdiction

56. Months and other expressions of time

57. Net sales value (or net invoice price)

58. Notices

59. Option and right of first refusal

60. Parties

61. Payment terms

62. Priority of terms

63. Receipts

64. Recitals

65. Reporting

66. Representations

67. Retention of title

68. Schedules

69. Set-off and retention

70. Severance and invalidity

71. Stamp duty (and Stamp Duty Land Tax)

72. Sub-contracting

73. Subject to contract (and other denials of a legally-binding contract)

74. Successors and assigns

75. Termination for breach

76. Territory

77. Time of the essence

78. Title (or property) and risk

79. Undertakings

80. Value Added Tax

81. Waivers and releases

82. Warranties

Appendix: Boilerplate Agreement

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