Drafting Skills · glossary

Best endeavours

The strongest promise to try. It may mean acting against your own interest, but it promises effort, not a result. In the Agreement, version 1’s best endeavours to return each van within 48 hours became a firm deadline and a replacement van. Version 1, clause 5.2 · Chapter 6 · see All reasonable endeavours, Reasonable endeavours

Explained in Chapter 6, Best Endeavours vs Reasonable Endeavours Explained, of Drafting Skills.

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