Standard documents

This Standard Document is a form of absolute bill of sale that parties to a sale of goods agreement use to transfer title or evidence title transfer concerning the purchase of tangible goods.  Parties can use this Standard Document as a stand-alone agreement or as a document or agreement that is made under or in reference to a sale of goods agreement. This Standard Document is a quitclaim bill of sale that disclaims all warranties. It has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting and negotiating tips.

A long-form agreement for the sale or supply of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code, drafted in favor of the seller or supplier. This resource includes key obligations of the seller and buyer, the seller's intellectual property rights and commonly used warranty and indemnification provisions. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting and negotiating tips.  

A distribution agreement between a product seller (often, a manufacturer) and its distributor, drafted in the seller's favor.  This resource includes key obligations of the seller and distributor, the seller's intellectual property rights and commonly used warranty and indemnification provisions. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting and negotiating tips.

This standard document service level agreement is to be used where the services in question are maintenance and support of specified software. It provides for service credits if actual supplier performance fails to meet the performance standards set in the service levels. It is presented in the form of a schedule, but can be readily adapted to comprise a free-standing agreement if needed.

An agreement drafted from the customer's point of view, in which a software provider agrees to supply and install new software, to license the intellectual property rights in it and to maintain it.

This Standard Document is a form of absolute bill of sale that parties to a sale of goods agreement use to transfer title or evidence title transfer concerning the purchase of tangible goods. It includes representations and warranties and discusses indemnification provisions. Parties can use this Standard Document as a stand-alone agreement or as a document or agreement that is made under or in reference to a sale of goods agreement. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting and negotiating tips.

An agreement for the supply of services drafted from the customer's perspective. This agreement is drafted on the basis that both parties are acting in the course of their business and is drafted so that it can be adapted for a specific project, for use as a standard agreement for ongoing services or for use as a master services agreement.

An agreement, drafted from the point of view of the supplier, in which an IT provider agrees to supply and install software, to license the intellectual property rights in it and to maintain it.

A framework agreement for the supply of services drafted from the customer's perspective, under which the supplier provides services to the customer or its affiliate under separate call-off contracts.

A form of shared facilities agreement to be used in connection with a university spin-out.The agreement may be adapted for use in connection with other shared facilities arrangements.

A standard form of supplier managed inventory agreement, also known as a vendor managed inventory agreement, used as an ancillary document to a supply agreement between a manufacturer (supplier) and a distributor (customer) to streamline inventory management. The supplier replenishes the customer's stock levels based on data delivered by electronic data interchange (EDI) instead of responding to purchase orders issued by the customer. This Standard Document incorporates a consignment provision that requires the supplier to deliver goods to the customer's warehouse without receiving payment until after the goods are used or sold. This sample form has been published as a preview of a future PLC Commercial Standard Document and does not contain typical, comprehensive PLC drafting notes.  

Terms and conditions for the sale of goods, drafted in favor of the seller. This Standard Document has integrated drafting notes with important explanations and drafting and negotiating tips.

Specimen agreement for the licence of fully-developed software, drafted so as to highlight provisions that may be desirable from the supplier's point of view.

A transitional services agreement for use following the sale of a business between two non-related parties.

This Standard Document is a letter from a seller of goods demanding adequate assurances of performance from a buyer under Section 2-609 of the Uniform Commercial Code. The seller can send this letter if it is reasonably insecure about the buyer's ability or willingness to make payment or perform under a contract for the sale of goods. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips.

An agreement between a client and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers, drafted from the perspective of the client.

A transitional services agreement for use following an intra-group asset sale that takes place as part of a group reorganisation.

Terms and conditions for the supply of services for use in contracts with consumers.

An independent contractor agreement between an independent contractor (a self-employed individual) and a client company for consulting or other services. This Standard Document is drafted in favor of the client company. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips.

This Standard Document is a letter from a buyer of goods responding to a seller demanding adequate assurances of performance under Section 2-609 of the Uniform Commercial Code. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips.

Specimen standard terms and conditions for the supply of goods, drafted from the supplier's perspective. For use in domestic contracts between businesses.

Terms and conditions for the online sale of goods (via a website) to consumers and businesses.

An agreement for the supply of goods which favours the supplier. The agreement is suitable for use in business-to-business transactions.

An agreement for the provision of professional services that can be adapted for a specific project, for ongoing services or for use as a master services agreement. This Standard Document is drafted in a manner that aims to be reasonable and includes provisions that are common to many types of negotiated services agreements. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations, alternative provisions and drafting and negotiating tips.

This Standard Document is a letter from a buyer of goods demanding adequate assurances of performance from a seller under Section 2-609 of the Uniform Commercial Code. The buyer can send this letter if it is insecure about the seller's ability or willingness to perform under a contract for the sale of goods. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips.

Specimen agreement for the provision of maintenance services by the supplier of the relevant software, drafted so as to highlight provisions which may be desirable from the customer's point of view.

A contract for services between an independent contractor (a self-employed individual) and the client company for the provision of consultancy services. Integrated drafting notes. This document has integrated drafting notes embedded within the text. Click on a heading to read the note. See the Actions box on the right for additional viewing options.

A standard set of terms and conditions for use when contracting to sell IT equipment, drafted from the supplier's perspective.

Specimen standard terms and conditions for the supply of services, drafted from the supplier's perspective. For use in domestic contracts with businesses.

An agreement in which an IT purchaser agrees to buy a new IT system, including some or all of the following elements: integration services, software, hardware, licence of intellectual property rights, and ongoing support and maintenance services.

Specimen agreement for the licence of fully-developed software, drafted so as to highlight provisions that may be desirable from the customer's point of view.

An agreement that is intended for use where the supplier will provide a service consisting of the integrated management of personnel, equipment, materials, software and telecoms services. It is drafted slightly in favour of the supplier, but is nevertheless a reasonably balanced document.

Agreement for the provision of website design and development and related services (including optional provisions for where the supplier of such services also provides hosting services), drafted from the perspective of the supplier of such services.