Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Standard Terms is an essential resource for commercial contract drafters, providing useful background and detailed advice on the law surrounding a wide range of agreements, and assisting the drafter in preparing watertight legal agreements.
The Sixth Edition is fully updated to include:
- Implications of force majeure and material adverse change
- Revised Incoterms 2020
- Impact of sanctions on imports and exports
- Smart legal contracts
- Consumer reforms for online shopping
- Liability and exclusion clauses
- Contractual interpretation
- Commission payments and success fees
- The Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023
- Impact of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
It includes expert guidance on Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer agreements, providing you with an excellent tool for drafting commercial contracts.
This book also includes online access to downloadable precedents.
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

Saleem Sheikh is a highly regarded author and expert in company and commercial law, with an extensive body of work that includes practitioner and academic books, journal articles, and contributions to key legal texts. His publications include Company Law: The Fundamentals and Company Law Handbook, both published by Bloomsbury Professional - as well as A Guide to the Companies Act 2006 (Routledge). In addition to his written works, Saleem serves as the editor of a leading UK publication focused on international company and commercial law. His contributions have established him as a respected authority in the field of corporate and commercial law and governance.

Susan Singleton is a solicitor and founder of Singletons Solicitors (www.singlelaw.com), a commercial firm, which advises a large range of UK and international clients on business law with particular emphasis on software contracts, data protection and IP and IT law. She sat on the Direct Marketing Authority for five years and was Vice Chairman of the Competition Law Association. In 2020, she was one of the Society of Computers and Law Female Tech Law Heroes. Susan is the author/editor of several Bloomsbury Professional titles, including E-Commerce and Convergence: A Guide to the Law of Digital Media, Commercial Agency Agreements: Law and Practice and Negotiating Software Contracts.