Contract disputes practical guides

Welcome to the home page for our series of contract disputes practical guides, designed to provide clients with practical guidance on some key issues that feature in disputes relating to commercial contracts under English law.

Each edition comprises:

• a PDF guide (linked below);
• an hour-long webinar for clients and contacts of the firm 

Issue 9, March 2021:

Getting your just deserts: Remedies for breach of contract

Julian Copeman, Natasha Johnson and Rachel Lidgate

Issue 8, December 2020:

Terminating your contract: When can you call it quits?

Tom Leech QC, James Doe and Robert Moore

Issue 7, October 2020:

When events intervene: Force majeure, frustration and material adverse change

Neil Blake, Julie Farley and Natasha Johnson

Issue 6, July 2020:

Defining your liability in advance: Liquidated damages, limitation and exclusion clauses

James Baily, Sarah Hawes and David Nitek

Issue 5, February 2020:

Endeavours obligations: How hard do you have to try?

James Farrell, Emma Schaafsma and Gavin Williams

Issue 4, November 2019:

How far can you act in your own self-interest? The role of good faith in commercial contracts

Chris Parker, Rachel Lidgate and Alex Kay

Issue 3, October 2019: 

Pre-contractual statements: When can they come back to bite you?

Harry Edwards, Ceri Morgan and David Coulling

Issue 2, July 2019: 

What does your contract mean? How the courts interpret contracts

Gary Milner-Moore, Sarah McNally and Steven Dalton

(Note: Since publication of issue 2 of this series, the Court of Appeal has clarified the test for rectifying a contractual document for common mistake, in its decision in FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v GLAS Trust Corporation Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1361, considered here.)

Issue 1, May 2019:

When do you have a binding contract? It may be more (or less) often than you think

Chris Bushell, Maura McIntosh and Robert Moore