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Non-Disclosure Agreement for United Kingdom

Generate a non-disclosure agreement that complies with United Kingdom law, with 7 mandatory clauses and 6 compliance checks built in.

What's required

  • Definition of Confidential Information

  • Equitable Remedies for Breach of Confidence

    Coco v A N Clark (Engineers) Ltd [1969] RPC 41

  • Obligations of Receiving Party

  • UK GDPR / Data Protection Act 2018 Compliance

    Data Protection Act 2018; UK GDPR (retained EU law)

  • Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 Exclusion

    Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

  • Governing Law and Jurisdiction

  • Electronic Signatures

    Electronic Communications Act 2000

What's prohibited

  • Exclusion of liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence

    Section 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 renders void any contract term that purports to exclude or restrict liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence.

  • Perpetual confidentiality obligation with no exceptions

    While English law does not impose a strict maximum duration for NDAs, a perpetual obligation with no carve-outs for publicly available information may be challenged as an unreasonable restraint of trade (Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns & Ammunition Co Ltd [1894] AC 535).

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