Stop press: The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 6 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/82 now activate the outstanding parts of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025). Measures covering subject access requests, legitimate interests, purpose limitation, automated decision-making, cross-border transfers and enforcement take effect from 5 February 2026, while those on penalty notices and complaints apply from 19 June 2026. For further detail, refer to Practice Note: Data (Use and Access) Act 2025—employment implications. This Precedent will shortly be revised to reflect these developments. [to be printed on employer letterhead] [ Name of Employee ][ Address ][ Date ] Dear [ insert employee's name ] Secondment to [ insert name of host company ] Following our recent conversations, I am writing to confirm the arrangements we have agreed for your secondment to [ insert name of host company ] (the
[ Insert name and address of client ] [ insert date ] Dear [ insert name of contact at the client ] Explaining the disclosure process and your obligations Thank you for instructing us in relation to [ insert matter name / details ]. [ This letter accompanies our retainer OR Our retainer will follow under separate cover ]. It [ has been confirmed OR is likely OR is possible ] that your dispute with [ describe other parties ] will be determined in the Business and Property Courts [ if it proceeds to formal litigation ]. This letter explains what disclosure under the Disclosure Scheme ( DS ) in the Business and Property Courts involves, and what you must know about the procedure. The DS seeks a fundamental cultural shift in the approach to disclosure in civil litigation. So, even if you have handled
This Agreement is entered into on [ insert date ] between: 1 [ insert name of manufacturer ] [ of OR a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ] whose registered office is at ] [ insert address ] (Manufacturer); and 2 [ insert name of customer ] [ of OR a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ] whose registered office is at ] [ insert address ] (Customer). Each of the Manufacturer and the Customer is a party and, together, the Manufacturer and the Customer constitute the parties... Background: (A) The Manufacturer manufactures [ insert ]... (B) The Customer Group manages the distribution and sale of [ insert ]... (C) The Manufacturer intends to manufacture and sell the Product to the
This Deed is dated on [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] Parties [ Insert name of Chargor ], being a company incorporated in England and Wales, bearing registered number [ insert company number ], and whose registered office is situate at [ insert address ] (the Chargor); and [ Insert name of Lender ] of [ insert address ] (the Lender). Recitals The Lender makes facilities available to the Chargor under various financing arrangements. It is a condition of the Lender making the facilities available to the Chargor that the Chargor enter into this Deed in favour of the Lender. ...
THIS AGREEMENT Made on [ date ]. Parties [ Insert name of party ] [ of OR trading as [ insert trading name ] of OR a company incorporated in [ insert place of incorporation, e.g. England and Wales ] with company number [ insert registered number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] ] (the Supplier); and [ Insert name of party ] [ of OR trading as [ insert trading name ] of OR a company incorporated in [ insert place of incorporation, e.g. England and Wales ] with company number [ insert registered number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] ] (the Customer). Together, the Supplier and the Customer are the parties, and each of them is a party. background The Supplier is engaged in the business of providing [ insert...
STOP PRESS: On 19 June 2025, the Data ( Use and Access) Bill secured Royal Assent, becoming the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025), with partial commencement on that date. In force from 19 June 2025: provisions on handling data subject access requests and the granting of powers to make further regulations. In force from 19 August 2025 (two months after Royal Assent): measures relating to notices from the Information Commissioner and certain aspects of law enforcement processing. The majority of DUAA 2025’s measures will commence only when further regulations, in the form of statutory instruments, are made. Parts 5 and 6 of DUAA 2025 amend elements of UK data protection and e Privacy law, including the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated Regulation ( EU) 2016/679 ( UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Privacy and Electronic...
1 Prevention of fraud For the purposes of this clause 1: the terms ‘ Associated With’, ‘ Fraud Offence’ and ‘ Prevention Procedures’ shall be interpreted in accordance with Part 5 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( ECCTA 2023) and any guidance issued under it; Corporate Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence means an offence under section 199 of ECCTA 2023 [ together with any other applicable United Kingdom laws, legislation, statutory instruments and regulations relating to failure to prevent fraud ] [ and any similar or equivalent laws in any other relevant jurisdiction [ including [ specify ] ] ]; Policies means the Customer’s anti‑fraud policies as set out in Schedule [insert], as amended by the Customer and...
1 To the extent allowed by applicable law, each party undertakes that, throughout the Term, it will not, whether acting alone, or together with or through any other entity, do the following: submit any further bid to the Customer in respect of the Invitation to Tender; and/or enter into a supply agreement with the Customer for the provision of the [ Goods OR Services OR Goods and Services ] that are the subject of the Bid, unless the Customer has asked that party to bid and/or contract separately......
1 The Supplier recognises the Customer's obligation, under section 40A of the Equality Act 2010, to safeguard its personnel from sexual harassment by third parties and confirms that such conduct towards its staff is unacceptable, and will not tolerate such behaviour whatsoever. Since third parties (not naming the Supplier) have been identified as a potential factor heightening the risk of sexual harassment, the Customer, in order to reduce that risk, must be satisfied that where its employees interact with personnel of third party suppliers or contractors, those organisations maintain arrangements to prevent sexual harassment by their workforce. Accordingly, the Supplier undertakes to give the commitments described in clause 2......
This Agreement is entered into on [ insert date ] Parties [ insert name ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] with number [ insert company number ] and whose registered office is at [ insert address ] ( Licensor) [ insert name ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert company number ], with its registered office at [ insert address ] ( Licensee) Each of the Licensor and the Licensee is a party and, together, the Licensor and the Licensee are the parties. BACKGROUND ( A) The Licensor [ is the [ registered ] proprietor of OR is the applicant to register OR has the right to licence and/or sub-licence ] certain intellectual property rights. ( B) The Licensee is [ insert background to licence/relevant transaction ]. ( C) The Licensor has agreed to grant the Licensee a licence of these...
This Agreement is entered into on [ insert date ] Parties [ insert name ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] with number [ insert company number ] and having its registered office at [ insert address ] ( Licensor); and [ insert name ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] with number [ insert company number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] ( Licensee). Each of the Licensor and the Licensee is a party, and together the Licensor and the Licensee are the parties. BACKGROUND ( A) The Licensor [ is the [ registered ] proprietor of OR is the applicant to register OR has the right to licence and/or sub-licence ] certain intellectual property rights. ( B) The Licensee is [ insert background to...
These training materials offer a concise primer on the principal legal points to weigh up when preparing and bargaining over typical provisions used to achieve compromise in commercial contracts in practice. The topics include: good faith (definition, stance of the English courts, express duties, implied duties, relational contracts, agreements to negotiate in good faith); endeavours obligations (reasonable endeavours, all reasonable endeavours, best endeavours, how they differ, their meaning, the balancing exercise or test); wilful misconduct (definition, alternative labels and terminology such as deliberate default, gross negligence, deliberate act, and wilful neglect or default); and material breach (definition, how it differs from repudiatory breach, and persistent breaches). Across all subjects, the materials provide practical top tips for commercial lawyers who draft and negotiate clauses using this terminology in their day-to-day work. They are intended for commercial lawyers advising on...
1 Sanctions (long form) For clause 1, the following terms are to be interpreted as set out below: Losses means all damages, liabilities, demands, costs and expenses [including all legal and other professional fees, costs and expenses], claims, actions and proceedings [(including all consequential, direct, indirect, special or incidental loss or punitive damages or loss, fines, penalties, interest and loss of profit or any other form of economic loss (including loss of reputation))]; Sanctioned Activity means any activity that falls within sanctions imposed by a Sanctioning Body; Sanctioning Body means the United Kingdom, United States of America, United Nations, European Union and any other applicable local, national or multinational government agency, department, official, parliament, public or statutory person or any government or professional body, regulatory or supervisory authority, board or other body responsible for imposing and/or administering...
1 Anti-tax evasion facilitation Defined terms take their meanings from Part 3 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017. Corporate Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion Facilitation Offence means offences under sections 45 and/or 46 CFA 2017. Policies are the Customer’s anti‑tax evasion facilitation policies. Supplier Associated Person means the Supplier’s officers, employees, agents, subcontractors, subsidiaries, and persons Associated With them involved in the Services or this Agreement. The Supplier shall ensure neither it nor any Supplier Associated Person commits, causes or facilitates any UK or Foreign tax evasion offence, or the corporate failure to prevent offence, and shall not solicit such conduct in connection with the Services or this Agreement. The Supplier shall comply with the Policies and ensure Supplier Associated Persons do so; maintain reasonable Prevention Procedures; implement top‑level endorsed policies; deliver regular training; vet Supplier Associated Persons; keep accurate records of requests, permitted reports,...
This Agreement is entered into on [ date ] Parties [ Insert name of party ] [ of OR a company incorporated in England and Wales under number [ insert registered number ] with its registered office at ] [ insert address ] ( Party 1); and [ Insert name of party ] [ of OR a company incorporated in England and Wales under number [ insert registered number ] with its registered office at ] [ insert address ] ( Party 2), each of Party 1 and Party 2 being a party and, together, the parties. BACKGROUND Party 1 supplies [ insert description of goods and/or services ]. Party 2 supplies [ insert description of goods and/or services ]. The parties intend to submit a Bid as a joint tender to the Customer in answer to the...
An e-signature, or a signed signature page transmitted by email, shall carry the same effect as an original signature page executed in wet ink. Execution of this Agreement by email, or through any other electronic method, shall be regarded as valid execution by the parties and shall constitute effective execution of this Agreement. The parties may rely on such electronic signatures in lieu of wet-ink signature page(s) of this Agreement for any and all purposes......
Option 1—self-proving execution by a corporate member signing on behalf of a limited liability partnership in the presence of a witness Executed for and on behalf of [ insert name of LLP ] by ________________________ [ Director OR Secretary OR Authorised Signatory ] acting for [ insert name of corporate member ], as Member ( Signature) ________________________ Full name of signatory (please print) ________________________ City ________________________ Date of signing ________________________ Before ________________________ Witness Witness ( Signature) ________________________ Witness Name ( Please Print) ________________________ Witness Address ________________________ Option 2—self-proving execution by two corporate members signing on behalf of a limited liability partnership in the presence of a witness Executed for and on behalf of [ insert name of LLP ] by...
Option 1—self-proving execution by one corporate director or secretary in the presence of a witness Signed duly on behalf of [ Name of Company ] by ________________________ [ Director OR Secretary OR Authorised Signatory ] acting for and on behalf of [ insert name of corporate director......
Subscribed for and on behalf of [ insert name of LLP ] by ________________________ [ Director OR Secretary OR Authorised Signatory ], duly representing [ insert name of corporate member ], as Member ( Signature) ________________________ Full name (please print) of the signatory at _____________________ (city) on _____________________ (date of signing)......
Subscribed by Signed by [ insert name of individual ] as [ General Partner OR Authorised Signatory ] for and on behalf of [ insert name of limited partnership ] ________________________ [ General Partner OR Authorised Signatory ] ( Signature) at______________________ (city) on______________________ (date of signing) before ______________________ Witness ( Signature) ______________________ Witness Name ( Please Print) ______________________ Witness Address _______________________......
Signed for and on behalf of [ insert name of the Firm ] by ________________________ [ Director OR Secretary OR Authorised Signatory ] for and on behalf of [ insert name of corporate partner ], as Partner ( Signature) ________________________ Full Name of signatory ( Please Print) at______________________ (city) on______________________ (date of signing) before ______________________ Witness ( Signature) ______________________ Witness Name ( Please Print) ______________________ Witness Address _______________________......
Subscribed for and on behalf of [ insert name of limited partnership ] [ Director OR Secretary OR Authorised Signatory ], acting for and on behalf of [ insert name of corporate partner ], as General Partner ( Signature) ________________________ Full Name of signatory ( Please Print) ________________________ Signed at ______________________ (city) on ______________________ (date of signing) in the presence of ______________________ Witness ( Signature) ______________________ Witness Name ( Please Print) ______________________ Witness Address _______________________ ......
Subscribed by [ insert name of individual ], acting as [ General Partner OR Authorised Signatory ], for and on behalf of [ insert name of limited partnership ] ________________________ [ General Partner OR Authorised Signatory ] ( Signature) in________________________(city) dated________________________ (date of signing)......
Subscribed for and on behalf of [ insert name of the Firm ] Executed by ________________________ [ Director OR Secretary OR Authorised Signatory ], representing [ insert name of corporate partner ] as Partner. Signature ________________________ Full name of signatory ________________________ at ________________________ (city) on ________________________ (date of signing)......
When evaluating a general damages claim, the practitioner ought initially to refer to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG)...
This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
Date [ date ] Parties [ name of Landlord ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Landlord) [ name of Tenant ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Tenant) [ [ name of Guarantor ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Guarantor) ] [ [ name of Mortgagee ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Mortgagee) ] Definitions Within this Deed, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows: [ Annual Rent • the annual sum reserved under the Lease; ] [ Insurance Rent • the Tenant’s share of the Landlord’s costs of insuring the Property (as set out in the Lease); ] Lease • the lease of the Property dated [ date ], entered into between (1) [ the Landlord OR [ name ...
I, [ name ], of [ address ], solemnly and sincerely state that: [ Matters to be verified, set out in numbered paragraphs ] I make this solemn statement in good conscience, believing it to be true, and pursuant to the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835. DECLARED at [ details ] this [ day ] day of [ month and year ] Before me ................................................................................ [ signature of the person before whom the declaration is made ] A [ commissioner for oaths OR [ solicitor OR [ insert other qualification ] ] authorised to administer oaths ]...