Negotiating contracts – an update
Negotiating contracts looks set to be tougher in future, with the news that clauses that require any changes to be made in writing and agreed by all the parties may not hold water. Anti-oral variation clauses often feature in both commercial agreements and employment contracts, but until now there have been conflicting decisions over enforcement. In the recent case to reach the Court of Appeal hinging on this question, the Court has aid that even when such a clause is included, it is possible to amend a contract verbally or by…