England and Wales
United Kingdom
England and Wales is one of the three legal systems of the United Kingdom. A contract made at the door can name it as its governing law. You choose it once, from one chip. The paper then prints that name where the clause goes.
- Region
- United Kingdom
- In the picker
- One of the four under Popular
- Flag
- Both of them — no single flag names this unit
Naming it in a contract
A contract usually names the body of law its words are read under. That line is the governing-law clause. It is commonly one sentence, near the end.
Where a dispute would be heard is a separate question. It is usually a clause of its own, and the two are decided separately. Some papers name more than one place, in different clauses.
The place is printed exactly as the picker names it. Here that is “England and Wales”. Nothing on this page is an opinion about what any law requires.
What the door does with it
At the door you describe the deal in one sentence. Governing law sits beside the field as a chip. Press the chip and the picker opens.
England and Wales is under United Kingdom in the picker. The picker also lists it under Popular, at the top. Pick it and the chip says England and Wales. The paper prints the same name in its governing-law clause.
Nothing is chosen for you. Nothing is sent until you press send, and nothing is signed until somebody signs.
The block below is Wikidata’s, and its data is CC0. Every value links back to the entity it came from. The Wikipedia article for England and Wales is linked beside it. None of it is a statement about this unit’s law.
In brief
- Official language
- English (United Kingdom)
- Currency
- pound sterling (United Kingdom)
- Time zone
- Europe/London (United Kingdom)
- Calling code
- +44 (United Kingdom)
- Population
- 60,238,038 (2022)
Facts: Wikidata, CC0 · Read more on Wikipedia →
Words that reach it
Type any of these at the door. The picker offers England and Wales. The matching runs in your own browser, on a wordlist you could read. No model reads your sentence before you sign in.
- Uk
- U K
- United Kingdom
- Britain
- Great Britain
- Gb
- England
- Wales
- England Wales
- E W
- London
- English
- English Law
- Law Of England
- Law Of England And Wales
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Bristol
- Sheffield
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Leicester
- Southampton
- Brighton
- Oxford
- Cambridge
- Milton Keynes
- Cardiff
- Swansea
- Newport
- The City
- Canary Wharf
- Shoreditch
England and Wales sits under United Kingdom. That is a heading rather than a choice. 3 systems live under it, and a contract names one of them.
Say what you agreed in one sentence. Set Governing law to England and Wales from the chip beside the field. Nothing is sent until you press send.
Describe your contractAny paper, this law
Which paper it is and where it lives are two separate decisions. Any of the papers below can name England and Wales as its governing law.
- Services agreement
- Two-way confidentiality agreement
- One-way confidentiality agreement
- Offer letter, California
- Advisor agreement
- The whole catalogue
Nearby in the picker
The picker groups every unit by region. England and Wales sits with 2 others under United Kingdom. These are some of them. United Kingdom, the country holding it, has a page of its own.