Supply contracts: overview

Resource type: Practice note: overview

Status: Maintained

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

The overview summarises the key considerations when drafting and using standard terms and conditions of sale or purchase of goods, including the effective incorporation of such terms, the effect of pre-contractual representations, the underlying statutory framework and the use of exclusion clauses to exclude or limit liability. The overview also considers provisions commonly found in supply contracts dealing with such matters as specification, delivery, acceptance, price, payment and retention of title.

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Resource ID: 0-107-3646
Products: PLC Commercial, PLC Competition Law - UK, PLC Construction, PLC Corporate Law, PLC Dispute Resolution, PLC Finance, PLC IPIT & Communications, PLC Law Department, PLC Public Sector, Supply contracts
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Substantive LawSubstantive Law (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic6-204-9134)
Supply of Goods and ServicesSupply of Goods and Services (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-103-1128)
Trade FinanceTrade Finance (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-103-1109)

Practice notes

Drafting standard terms and conditions for the supply of goods Drafting standard terms and conditions for the supply of goods (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic5-386-8420)
Misrepresentation Misrepresentation (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic4-107-4724)

Standard documents

Letter of advice to a customer on terms and conditions of supply of services (pro-customer) Letter of advice to a customer on terms and conditions of supply of services (pro-customer) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-380-2895)
Letter of advice to a supplier on terms and conditions for the supply of services (pro-supplier) Letter of advice to a supplier on terms and conditions for the supply of services (pro-supplier) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic1-318-1969)
Letter of advice to a supplier on the supply of services agreement (pro-supplier) Letter of advice to a supplier on the supply of services agreement (pro-supplier) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic6-203-6848)
Letter of advice to the customer on the supply of services agreement (pro-customer) Letter of advice to the customer on the supply of services agreement (pro-customer) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-364-6060)
Supply of goods agreement (pro-customer) Supply of goods agreement (pro-customer) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic2-203-2381)
Supply of goods agreement (pro-supplier) Supply of goods agreement (pro-supplier) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-205-6039)
Supply of services agreement (pro-customer) Supply of services agreement (pro-customer) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-350-9991)
Supply of services agreement (pro-supplier) Supply of services agreement (pro-supplier) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic6-203-1252)
Terms and conditions for the supply of goods (pro-customer) Terms and conditions for the supply of goods (pro-customer) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-100-9609)
Terms and conditions for the supply of goods (pro-supplier) Terms and conditions for the supply of goods (pro-supplier) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic9-100-9608)
Terms and conditions for the supply of services (pro-customer) Terms and conditions for the supply of services (pro-customer) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic2-379-8099)
Terms and conditions for the supply of services (pro-supplier) Terms and conditions for the supply of services (pro-supplier) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic4-318-4952)

Drafting notes

Supply of goods agreement (pro-customer): drafting note Supply of goods agreement (pro-customer): drafting note (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-203-2382)
Supply of goods agreement (pro-supplier): drafting note Supply of goods agreement (pro-supplier): drafting note (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-205-6223)
Supply of services agreement (pro-customer): drafting note Supply of services agreement (pro-customer): drafting note (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic6-355-4952)
Supply of services agreement (pro-supplier): drafting note Supply of services agreement (pro-supplier): drafting note (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-203-6847)

Checklists

Checklist: Drafting terms and conditions for the supply of goods Checklist: Drafting terms and conditions for the supply of goods (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic1-100-9607)
Checklist: Drafting terms and conditions for the supply of services Checklist: Drafting terms and conditions for the supply of services (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic5-201-9043)
Checklist: Reviewing terms and conditions of sale when purchasing goods and/or services Checklist: Reviewing terms and conditions of sale when purchasing goods and/or services (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic1-381-9846)

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Business liability Business liability (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-107-6525)
C terms C terms (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-107-6027)
Collateral warranty or collateral contract Collateral warranty or collateral contract (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic1-107-5937)
Condition Condition (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic9-107-5976)
Consumer Consumer (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-107-6323)
Course of dealing Course of dealing (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic4-107-6006)
Credit insurance Credit insurance (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic2-107-6012)
Exclusion clause Exclusion clause (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-107-6575)
F terms F terms (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic9-107-6612)
Financial loss Financial loss (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic4-107-5752)
Force majeure Force majeure (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-107-5776)
Fundamental breach Fundamental breach (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic4-107-6624)
Goods Goods (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-107-6659)
Incoterms Incoterms (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-107-6255)
Indemnity Indemnity (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic5-107-6256)
Innominate term Innominate term (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-107-6715)
Intermediate term Intermediate term (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-107-6720)
Parol evidence rule Parol evidence rule (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic1-107-6965)
Products guarantee insurance Products guarantee insurance (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic4-107-7058)
Products liability insurance Products liability insurance (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic2-107-7059)
Products recall insurance Products recall insurance (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-107-7060)
Professional indemnity insurance Professional indemnity insurance (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-107-7061)
Remoteness Remoteness (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic4-107-7138)
Retention of title Retention of title (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-107-7160)
Romalpa clause Romalpa clause (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-107-7179)
Satisfactory quality Satisfactory quality (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic9-107-7193)
Tracing Tracing (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-107-7400)
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic5-107-7449)
Warranty Warranty (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic6-107-7496)
Whole agreement clause Whole agreement clause (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-107-7504)

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