FAQ Dispute Resolution

Negotiating early contract termination and exit is challenging and emotions often run high. If you have concerns about how to negotiate an early contract termination, there are steps you can take that will smooth the process and increase your chances of a successful…

Supplier negotiations for strategic projects can be complex and long-drawn-out affairs. If you don’t get the balance right, they can be costly and even fail outright to achieve your desired business outcomes. Contract negotiations need detailed preparation if you want…

One practically inevitable fact of life is that when drafting contract terms for complex projects and services, the less clear your understanding is of the requirements of the project, the greater the chance of poor contractor performance behaviours. Two cases…

The urge to exit a failed strategic supplier or outsourcing relationship can be so strong that clients leap to instruct their lawyers before they have fully assessed the operational (as opposed to contractual) risks of getting out of a failed contract, early. In short, they do not…

Deciding to terminate a strategic supplier contract before the end of its contract term, is a major undertaking. It poses a real risk of disrupting your organisation’s operations. It is also a significant drain on your time and potentially very…

When considering what you need for your early contract termination evidence and to make the process as smooth as possible, you will need robust evidence that your strategic supplier has failed to achieve the business outcomes you expected. In preparing…