Negotiation: Cards on the table

Simon Lewis examines the duty of good faith in commercial contracts ‘The implication of a general duty of good faith is unlikely to arise where the contract under consideration is detailed, leaving relatively little scope or need for the implication of terms not already covered by existing contractual obligations.’English contract law does not like the …
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Drafting: Feeling excluded

Geraldine Elliott and Elizabeth Wiggin provide a helpful reminder on the incorporation of exclusion clauses ‘When considering injunctive relief, the question should be asked whether it is just in all the circumstances for a party to be “confined to his remedy in damages” by virtue of an exclusion clause.’Very often, it is not what the …
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Drafting: Plain speaking

Mark Lewis provides a timely reminder of the validity of exclusion and limitation clauses ‘In construing any clause in a contract, including an exclusion or limitation clause, the court should decide what the words would mean to a reasonable person having all the relevant background knowledge including the contract itself as a whole.’A critical issue …
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