Most commercial contracts will contain provisions governing termination. Such provisions will often be dependent on certain events occurring (for example, insolvency of one of the parties or one of the parties committing a breach of the contractual terms).

A new piece of government legislation is set to be a ‘game changer’ for SMEs looking to compete with bigger businesses in the public sector procurement space, according to a specialist commercial lawyer.

These are the headline practical things to do if you realise you have a commercial dispute brewing. We have more detailed articles available, but here are the essentials to think about early on.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a very important way of trying to achieve settlement of disputes. Parties in dispute can step away from the red mist of preparing for trial to try to reach a sensible commercial compromise.

A commercial landlord and tenant might assume that their respective rights to terminate a lease would be contained within a professionally and comprehensively drafted document. This is not necessarily the case - such an intention needs to be set out clearly and unambiguously.

Parminder Takhar, Senior Associate discusses the story of the Royal Nawaab and highlights how it provides several lessons for anyone involved in the disposal or acquisition of a commercial venture.

Welcome to the February edition of our newsletter, bringing you a curated selection of insightful articles from across our Business Group. This month, we cover key legal updates and trends across Employment Law, Corporate (including VAT) Law, Business Immigration Law and Commercial Law, alongside a guest appearance from our Commercial Litigation team.

In this podcast, Patrick McCullum, Senior Associate and Shivani Pandya, Solicitor in our Commercial team discuss ways in which you can review your T&Cs and contracts by providing examples such as cashflow, legislative changes, data protection, relevant training and future-proofing your business.

Based on the current law, parties can now apply more commercial pressure and consider the wider context of the project as a whole when deciding upon or challenging the contractual liquidated damages figure for culpable delay.

We were instructed on behalf of a commercial landlord who was seeking to take back possession of its premises because the tenant was not paying rent. The tenant was in substantial arrears, but was continuing to carry on a restaurant business from the premises.