‘The work’s strength lies in two main features. First…it provides guidance by reference to numerous cases (some of which might well have been overlooked) for the purposes of assisting someone to draft a contract effectively. Secondly, it provides “worked examples”…it is very useful and I hope that it will reach a wider audience.’
HH Humphrey Lloyd KC, former judge of the Technology and Construction CourtInternational Construction Law Review (Review of a previous edition)

Do you need help with drafting standard contract clauses, but only have a few minutes? This book is an alphabetical, quick-access guide. It provides up-to-date, practical drafting advice on the purpose and effect of a wide range of the clauses in common use.

The Fifth Edition covers major developments and includes new sections covering:

- ‘Good governance’, eg compliance with health and safety, bribery and slavery laws
- Revised and expanded sections dealing with:
- Entire agreement clauses
- Exemption clauses
- Indemnities
- Warranties

This book includes:

- A step-by-step commentary
- Examples of best practice in different situations
- Detailed notes on each type of boilerplate clause
- A summary of relevant law, including statutory definitions and case law
- Precedents supplied as an accompanying electronic download

Comprehensive and organised for ease of use, this title guides the user through each clause, explaining its purpose, considering its relevance, and providing illustrative examples.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

It is one of the best, if not the best, guides to commercial and boilerplate clauses and should be close at hand for any commercial practitioner. * Student Law Journal (of a previous edition) *
If you’re an English practitioner and you routinely find yourself with your head under the hood of contract boilerplate, you’ll want a copy of this book … A rich resource. * Ken Adams, Adams on Contract Drafting blog (of the previous edition) *

Mark Anderson is Managing Partner of Anderson Law LLP and is top-ranked as a leading individual in Chambers and Partners UK 2023 directory for both life science transactions and intellectual property. He is an Honorary Professor of Practice at the Faculty of Laws, University College London.
Victor Woroner is a solicitor at Anderson Law LLP specialising in intellectual property and technology law. He is the principal author of Technology Transfer (4th Ed, Bloomsbury Professional).