| 1 | Best or reasonable endeavours? A review of the meaning of best endeavours, reasonable endeavours and other common forms of endeavours clauses. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 2 | Contracts: conditions, warranties and intermediate terms An outline of the classification of contract terms as conditions, warranties and intermediate or innominate terms. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Contracts: discharge of contracts An outline of the ways in which a party to an agreement may discharge the contract. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Contracts: express and implied terms An outline of express and implied terms in contracts. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Contracts: force majeure A note outlining the use of force majeure clauses. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Contracts: formation A review of the legal concepts involved in the formation of binding contracts. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Contracts: frustration A note outlining the rules governing the doctrine of frustration. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Contracts: invalidity A note outlining the rules that may make a contract void or unenforceable, on grounds such as illegality or public policy, or voidable for duress or undue influence. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Contracts: mistake An outline of common law mistake and its effect on a contract. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Contracts: structure and terms of commercial contracts A review of the fundamentals of contract law explaining the structure and terms of commercial contracts. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Contracts: variation A note outlining the rules governing variation of a contract. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Enduring powers of attorney This practice note outlines the requirements for enduring powers of attorney (EPAs). Since 1 October 2007, it has not been possible to create new EPAs but EPAs created before 1 October 2007 continue to be valid. Lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) replaced EPAs from 1 October 2007. For more information on LPAs, see Practice note, Lasting powers of attorney. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Engagement letters Engagement letters are used by accountants, investment banks and other advisers to limit their liability when giving advice. This note deals with the issues that arise when limiting liability and summarises the provisions most commonly found in engagement letters. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | EU law and its interpretation in the UK An outline of the EU legislative process and its interpretation in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Execution of deeds and documents Overview of the key legal requirements relating to the execution of deeds and documents under the laws of England and Wales. It reflects the law on execution from 1 October 2009. For details of the law governing execution of deeds and documents before 1 October 2009, see Practice note, Execution of deeds and documents: pre-1 October 2009. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Execution of documents: Companies Act 2006 A note outlining the changes to the law on execution of documents by companies under the Companies Act 2006 (2006 Act). For a link to the 2006 Act, see Companies Act 2006: publication of final text. For general background to the 2006 Act, see Practice note, Companies Act 2006: materials. For detailed information and sample execution clauses, see Practice note, Execution of deeds and documents. Part 4 (A company's capacity and related matters) of the 2006 Act is effective from 1 October 2009, with the exception of section 44 which came into force on 6 April 2008. | Practice notes | 06-Apr-2008 |
| 17 | Expert determination A note on the types of disputes or issues to which expert determination is most applicable, how to draft an effective expert determination clause, what to look out for in an expert's terms of reference and on what terms to appoint an expert. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Fiduciary duties An outline of the common law fiduciary duties, ways of modifying those duties (including the use of Chinese walls) and proposals for reform. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | General principles of insurance law This practice note explains the various doctrines and principles concerned with insurance, including: What constitutes an insurable interest. Subrogation. Joint insurance. Double insurance. Noting. For information about insurance as it relates to commercial property, see Practice note, Property insurance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Governing law and jurisdiction clauses A practice note covering the reasons for including governing law and jurisdiction clauses with drafting guidance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | Interest clauses A note giving guidance on a standard form boilerplate clause for interest on overdue payments under a contract. It includes guidance on when an interest clause may be unenforceable as a penalty clause, and on the effect of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, as amended by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | Joint, several and joint and several liability Where two or more persons are liable to another, they may be jointly liable, severally liable or jointly and severally liable. This note explains the concepts of joint, several, and joint and several liability. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | Misrepresentation An outline of the law relating to misrepresentation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Negligent misstatement An outline of the law of negligent misstatement. This note considers the requirements of a claim: duty of care, breach and causation. It also discusses relevant authorities including the landmark decision in Hedley Byrne v Heller [1964] AC 465. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | Notice clauses Guidance on a boilerplate clause that specifies how notices should be given and where they should be served, and which sets out when they are deemed to be received. The note also covers statutory provisions dealing with the service of notices and refers to rules for service of documents in relation to court proceedings. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | Powers of attorney This practice note examines powers of attorney, in particular, general powers of attorney and their commercial application. It includes links to standard documents for general powers of attorney and specimen execution clauses. For further details on other types of powers of attorney, see Practice note, Lasting powers of attorney and Practice note, Enduring powers of attorney. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | Professional negligence An outline of the law of professional negligence. This note considers: The requirements for claims in contract and tort. The application of the SAAMCO principle. The Bolam test. Contributory negligence. Contribution. The use by professionals of exclusion clauses to limit liability. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 28 | Remedies: damages and agreed remedies An outline of the law of damages for actions in contract and tort and the remedies that may be agreed by contracting parties. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 29 | Remedies: equitable remedies An outline of equitable remedies including rectification, specific performance, injunctions, account of profits, subrogation, rescission and declarations. The doctrines of equity are also discussed. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 30 | Remedies: restitution A note outlining the law of restitution. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 31 | Resolving ambiguities in legislation This practice note discusses the tools available to those who have to apply an ambiguous piece of legislation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 32 | Retention of title An introduction to the law applying to retention of title clauses. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 33 | Rome I: an outline of the key provisions This practice note summarises, from an English law perspective, the key provisions of Regulation 593/2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I). It highlights the main changes from the rules contained in the Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations of 1980 (Rome Convention). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 34 | Rome II: an outline of the key provisions Under Rome II (Regulation 2007/864) the courts of all EU member states other than Denmark must apply the same set of rules to determine the law that will govern non-contractual obligations arising between parties in civil and commercial matters. This practice note outlines the key general provisions of Rome II, highlighting the key provisions from an English law perspective and focusing on: Drafting agreements as to choice of law. The law governing pre-contractual negotiations. The law governing product liability cases. The steps that commercial parties should consider taking in the light of the rules in Rome II. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 35 | Saving defective notices This practice note explains the principle established in the House of Lords' case of Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] UKHL 19 and its subsequent application to defects in both contractual and statutory notices. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 36 | Set-off clauses A note on boilerplate clauses that create or limit contracting parties' rights to set off monetary cross-claims against each other. It also outlines the following non-contractual rights of set-off: legal set-off, equitable set-off, banker's set-off and insolvency set-off. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 37 | Statutory interpretation and the doctrine of precedent An outline of the English court system, the doctrine of precedent, and the rules of statutory interpretation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 38 | Time of the essence A practice note discussing when time limits in a contract are essential conditions of the contract, a breach of which would amount to a fundamental breach that would justify the other party terminating the contract. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 39 | Trusts in commercial transactions The trust is widely admired and recognised in many jurisdictions around the world. Although primarily used by individuals, they also have a wide variety of applications in a commercial context. This practice note provides an introduction to trusts and trustees and considers some commercial applications of trusts. | Practice notes | Maintained |