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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