| Letter agreement to vary a contract A short form letter agreement to vary a contract. |
| Request for consent to assignment A request for consent to the assignment of a contract. |
| Termination Agreement This is a generic form of termination agreement for use when parties to a commercial contract have mutually agreed to terminate the agreement. It includes an optional release of claims. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips. |
| Deed of variation of contract This is a deed for use when amending or varying an existing contract. It contains optional clauses by which a third party guarantor may consent to the variations. |
| Assignment and Assumption Agreement and Optional Novation Standard Document to be used when a party assigns contractual rights and delegates contractual duties to another party. This form contains provisions to incorporate an assumption of the delegated obligations, as well as an optional novation into the assignment agreement. It also includes common representations and warranties, indemnification provisions and refund of escrow deposits found in assignment and assumption agreements. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips. |
| Agreement to vary a contract This is a variation agreement for use when amending or varying an existing contract. It contains optional clauses by which a third party guarantor may consent to the variations. |
| Deed of novation of contract A standard document for the novation of a contract. |
| Notice of Breach of Contract This is a sample notice used by one party to an agreement to notify the other party that the other party has breached the agreement. The notifying party uses this notice to initiate a termination-related cure period. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips. |
| Notice of Assignment A form letter that an assignee of contractual rights or delegatee of contractual duties uses to provide notice to the non-assigning or non-delegating party to the contract (also known as the obligor) of a transfer of contractual rights or duties. This Standard Document has integrated drafting notes with important explanations and drafting tips. |
| Boilerplate agreement A form of agreement without substantive provisions containing specimen boilerplate clauses (with optional language), and specimen testimonial and attestation clauses (with alternative forms where execution is to be in the form of a deed). Boilerplate clauses deal with those generic contractual provisions which are generally found in commercial contracts, whatever the nature of the transaction. For example, matters such as the choice of governing law, the mechanism for serving notices and requirements that any amendments be agreed and documented in writing. They can have significant practical implications for the parties. For example, they may include provisions which restrict rights of assignment, impose obligations of confidentiality or define events of force majeure when the carefully negotiated contractual terms will not be capable of enforcement. Optional language or clauses are in some instances provided for the same subject matter. The specimen clauses set out in the Boilerplate agreement should be used in conjunction with the drafting notes linked to from this agreement.. |
| Deed of assignment of contract A deed to assign the benefit of a contract. |
| Amendment Agreement This is a generic form of amendment agreement for use in amending or modifying many types of commercial contracts. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips. |
| Notice to terminate a commercial agreement A standard notice to terminate a commercial agreement. The notice takes the form of a letter and is designed to be used where neither party has breached the agreement and the agreement provides for termination on written notice without cause. |
| Notice of assignment A notice to be sent to the other party to a contract following the assignment of the benefit of a contract. The notice contains an optional retrospective request for consent to assignment. |
| Waiver This is a generic form of waiver for use in waiving compliance with one or more commercial contract provisions. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting and negotiating tips. |
| Public sector boilerplate provisions Links to a selection of key definitions and boilerplate clauses for use in public sector contracts together with drafting notes detailing when and how to use them. These provisions are taken from the following key standard government contracts: The OGC Model Services Agreement; The OGC Model ICT Services Agreement for major projects; and Standardisation of PFI Contracts version 4 (SOPC4). The clauses are therefore subject to crown copyright. |
| Terms of reference Outline terms of reference written in the form of a letter by both parties to the expert. They do not purport to be comprehensive, and should be read in conjunction with Practice Note, Expert Determination and Drafting Note, Expert determination clause and terms of reference. |
| Services Agreement: Change Order Form This is a sample change order form that parties to a services agreement use to mutually change the service provider's obligations under the agreement. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips. |
| Deed of termination of contract A deed of termination intended for use when the parties to a contract wish to bring it to an end. It provides various options for dealing with the parties' accrued rights and liabilities under the agreement being terminated. |
| Novation agreement: asset purchases A standard document for the novation of contracts in connection with an asset purchase for the benefit of the new owner. |
| Notice to third party of assignment A form of notice to a third party notifying them of the assignment of a debt or benefit of a contract.Note, this document is not a statutory assignment under section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925. |
| Notice of Termination This is a sample notice used by one party to an agreement to notify the other party that the notifying party is terminating, either with cause or for convenience. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips. |
| Power of attorney A standard document power of attorney granted by a corporate body or an individual in favour of one or more persons to act as attorney. This power of attorney may be adapted for use in various corporate transactions. |
| Letter assignment of contract A letter agreement to assign the benefit of a contract. |
| Back-to-back agreement A simple back-to-back subcontract for use in commercial situations when the main contractor wishes to subcontract all or part of its obligations under a main contract on a back-to-back basis. The agreement incorporates the terms of the main contract by reference. |
| Performance guarantee A deed guaranteeing the performance of a party's obligations under a commercial agreement. For drafting purposes, it is assumed that the commercial agreement is a supply agreement, and that the customer is seeking a guarantee of the supplier's obligations from the supplier's parent company. |
| Novation letter agreement A short form letter agreement to novate a contract. |
| PMSI Notice for Consignments A form letter that the seller (consignor) uses when it sells goods to a buyer (consignee) for resale (a consignment transaction) to notify the consignee's creditors who have a security interest in the consignee's inventory that the consignor has a purchase-money security interest (PMSI) in the consigned goods. This Standard Document has integrated drafting notes with important explanations and drafting tips. |