A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses (2nd Edition)

Description

Need help with contract clauses, but only got a few minutes?

An alphabetical, quick-access guide to all you need to know: The purpose and effect of common clauses, explaining the relevance of each, with illustrative examples

Now covers

• The meaning of:
  • ‘Breach’
  • ‘Substantial’ and ‘material’ in clauses for termination
  • ‘Beyond reasonable control’ in force majeure cases
• When a priority of terms clause will operate
• Whether rules applying to penalties also apply to deposits
• The legal effectiveness of ‘no amendment’ or ‘no variation’ clauses
• Legal frameworks and how the courts will view such clauses during a dispute
• New legislation such as the Consumer Rights Act 2015, the General Data Protection Regulations 2016 and the Trade Secrets Directive

Also 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

Mark Anderson’s “A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses” stands as a highly regarded and essential resource for anyone involved in drafting or interpreting commercial contracts. This comprehensive guide goes beyond mere definitions, offering in-depth analysis of each clause’s purpose, legal implications, and potential drafting pitfalls. It systematically deconstructs a wide array of commonly used “boilerplate” provisions, which, despite their seemingly generic nature, are crucial to a contract’s overall effect and enforceability.

Praised by legal professionals, this guide is not just a reference work but a powerful, practical tool designed to save busy lawyers significant time. It effectively bridges the gap between theoretical understanding and practical application, making complex legal concepts digestible and ensuring the clarity, effectiveness, and legal robustness of commercial agreements.

Authors Biography

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.

Victor Woroner is a solicitor at Anderson Law LLP specialising in intellectual property and technology law. He is the principal author of Technology Transfer (Bloomsbury Professional), several volumes of Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, Drafting Confidentiality Agreements (Law Society) and the Execution of Documents (Law Society). He is also a co-author with Mark Anderson of A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses (Bloomsbury Professional), a companion volume to Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts, and Macdonald’s Exemption Clauses and Unfair Terms (3rd Ed).