The Law of Contract - Seventh Edition (Part of Butterworths Common Law Series)

Authors: Professor Roger Halson, Professor Roger Brownsword, Professor Jason Chuah, Kwan Ho Lau, Dr Eliza Mik, Dr David Pearce, Dr John E Stannard, Professor Gregory Tolhurst, Dr Qi Zhou

The Law of Contract provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of all aspects of the law of contract.

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Publication Date: November 2022

Publisher: LNUK

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The Law of Contract provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of all aspects of the law of contract. It is both accessible and detailed, designed specifically to meet the needs of practitioners in the field.

The new seventh edition includes detailed commentary on significant developments in the law and incisive analysis of key cases since the last edition published in 2017. Recent major decisions examined will include:

  • Several cases on good faith, including the litigation associated with Bates v Post Office
  • Wells v Devani on agreement
  • Several new cases on illegality, including Stoffel v Grondoma
  • Times Travel v Pakistan Airlines on duress
  • Chudley v Clydesdale Bank on third parties
  • Canary Wharf (BP4) T1 v European Medicines Agency on frustration and Brexit
  • Triple Point Technology v PTT Public on liquidated damages
  • Chapter 1 General Considerations
  • Chapter 2 Formation of Contracts
  • Chapter 3 Contents
  • Chapter 4 Capacity and Vitiating Factors
  • Chapter 5 Illegality and Public Policy
  • Chapter 6 Third Parties
  • Chapter 7 Termination
  • Chapter 8 Remedies for Breach of Contract

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