Contracts and agreements and Acts of Parliament (UK)?

Question

I have read somewhere that conditions in contracts and agreements cannot overrule provisions in Acts of Parliament.

Can anyone point me to a reference for this, please?

Answer 1

A well drafted contract will always have a jurisdiction clause at the end. By referring disputes to the jurisdiction of a court in England and Wales (or elsewhere), the parties accept as an implied term that the contract will be in accordance with the law of that country and that if there is any conflict between that law and a term of the contract the law of England and Wales (or elsewhere) will prevail. Any clause offending that law would therefore be struck out by the court as null and void.

The Unfair Contracts (Terms) Act is of relevance here. http://www.johnantell.co.uk/UCTA1977.htm

Answer 2

Any Act of Parliament that appertains to Employment will be contained within the Employment Act etc.
Agreements that are enforceable/non enforceable will also be covered by the relevant Act based on the Industry, Trade etc of the said Agreement.
If it is Employment Law, there are many specialists in this field