Update: Hot off the press

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | The Commercial Litigation Journal | September/October 2019 #87
Maura McIntosh reports on some recent developments on contract and privilege ‘Even where an earlier contract is superseded and no longer applies, it may be admissible to explain the meaning of an unconventional, or technical, expression in the subsequent agreement.’ Contract In NHS Commissioning Board v Vasant [2019] the Court of Appeal held that the …

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Contract: Talk is cheap

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | The Commercial Litigation Journal | September/October 2018 #81
Rachel Lidgate and Maura McIntosh discuss a case on variations after a no oral modification clause ‘The law should and does give effect to contractual provisions requiring specified formalities to be observed for a variation, such as NOM clauses.’ In Rock Advertising Ltd v MBB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2018] the Supreme Court has overturned …

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Construction focus: Mods and rockers

John Starr | Property Law Journal | July/August 2018 #363
Are no oral modification clauses effective to prevent subsequent variations in contracts? The Supreme Court has provided further insights on the matter, as John Starr finds out ‘The Supreme Court reviewed the existing case law and came to the opinion that the law should and did give effect to a contractual provision requiring specified formalities …

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