Walk the Order-of-Precedence Problem
Use order-of-precedence language to resolve conflicts among contract documents.
Conflicting documents MSA: net 30. Purchase order: net 90. SOW: silent. Billing needs an answer before sending an invoice. Document conflicts are redline issues because they decide which obligation survives. Hierarchy Legal terms, commercial terms, project terms, admin documents A clean hierarchy separates what each document is allowed to control. Newest wins Tempting, but it lets boilerplate override negotiated terms. Purchase orders do not smuggle in new legal terms. Precedence should match the document's purpose, not its arrival date. 01 Payment 02 Liability 03 Now try Payment conflict Net 30 vs net 90
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