hacer incurrir en responsabilidad contractual

14:47 Aug 14, 2020 

Hi Robert!

Thank you very very much indeed for the clarification about the use of "shall", I had that doubt, but now it makes more sense. By the way, the link to the article by Ken Adams is very interesting.

Again, thank you!

03:38 Aug 14, 2020 

To your question "is it actually appropriate to use 'shall' in this context?": No, in my opinion it's not appropriate because "shall" denotes an obligation, whereas the source sentence here is referring to a condition (a hypothetical) where, if the tender were to be voided, there would be no liability for the tendering authority. The fact that the authority would not be liable in this case is not an obligation; it simply will not occur. As a guide, just imagine using "must" in place of "will" and see if it still makes sense to you.
It's not simply a question of legal style, as Adrian has rightly noted in his own posting below.

03:11 Aug 14, 2020 

Using "will" is probably a way to keep you out of trouble, especially in UK English, but check out this other post by Ken Adams, in which he explains how he favors limited use of shall to impose obligations on the subject of the sentence.
https://www.adamsdrafting.com/revisiting-use-of-shall-in-con...
I've adopted this usage recently for US legal English; for the UK, I think it's probably best to use "must" for obvious obligations (deberá, debe, etc).

14:22 Aug 12, 2020 

Thank you very much for the confirmation Seth

I guess I should have written my comment here:
Thank you very much Robert and David for your answers. Most of the time I avoid using "shall" in legal documents; consequently, I agree with Phil. I am fully aware that English is not my mother tongue; however, when I work in the SPA-ENG pair I do a lot of research to do my work. My foundations for not using "shall" in legal documents have been the ones detailed below: A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting By Kenneth A. Adams In traditional drafting, the word most abused in that regard is shall; And don’t use two or more different words or phrases to convey the same meaning: readers, and judges, might assume that differences in wording are intended to convey differences in meaning. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT DRAFTING (Chirst Goddard, with Amy Fellner and Rue-An Ormand) Don’t use “shall” The word “shall” has several meanings that are easily confused, even by lawyers. Use “must” if you want to show obligation, and follow the rules set out above. Keep “shall” for formal social occasions, e.g.: Invitation: “Shall we dance?” Response: “Wrong verb, baby!” An alternative is to use the presen

03:54 Aug 12, 2020 

... is used:
https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=y3-Jwi0kIJoC&pg=PA100&d...