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.
Getting your just deserts: Remedies for breach of contract
Issue 9, March 2021
Julian Copeman, Natasha Johnson and Rachel Lidgate
Terminating your contract: When can you call it quits?
Issue 8, December 2020
Tom Leech QC, James Doe and Robert Moore
When events intervene: Force majeure, frustration and material adverse change
Issue 7, October 2020
Neil Blake, Julie Farley and Natasha Johnson
Defining your liability in advance: Liquidated damages, limitation and exclusion clauses
Issue 6, July 2020
James Baily, Sarah Hawes and David Nitek
Endeavours obligations: How hard do you have to try?
Issue 5, February 2020
James Farrell, Emma Schaafsma and Gavin Williams
How far can you act in your own self-interest? The role of good faith in commercial contracts
Issue 4, November 2019
Chris Parker, Rachel Lidgate and Alex Kay
Pre-contractual statements: When can they come back to bite you?
Issue 3, October 2019
Harry Edwards, Ceri Morgan and David Coulling
What does your contract mean? How the courts interpret contracts
Issue 2, July 2019
Gary Milner-Moore, Sarah McNally and Steven Dalton
When do you have a binding contract? It may be more (or less) often than you think
Issue 1, May 2019
Chris Bushell, Maura McIntosh and Robert Moore