Endeavour clauses are a common feature in commercial contracts and rather than impose an absolute obligation to achieve a desired result or outcome, they require a party to ‘endeavour’ to achieve it.
Common examples include:
“The sales agents shall use best endeavours to promote, market and sell the product.”
“X shall use all reasonable endeavours to obtain planning permission”
“Y shall use reasonable endeavours to secure a waiver of the restrictive covenants from Z”
These clauses are particularly helpful when performance is outwith the