Law of Guarantees

7. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-414-03415-0
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch

Frequently cited in court, this text is the leading work on guarantees written by experts in their field; Millett and Andrews. A practitioner focused text examining the law and practice of guarantees and surety, it covers everything required for work in this area.

• Provides a detailed analysis of the various statutory and contractual requirements relating to the law of guarantees
• Looks at the elements of a guarantee, its construction, and its enforcement
• Covers all areas of law including guarantees for loans, consumer credit, hire purchase, landlord and tenant, building contracts and commercial contracts
• Examines the guarantor's liability and rights against both creditors and debtors
• Discusses revocation of contracts and discharge of the surety
• Deals with insolvency in relation to guarantees
• Provides workflow solutions in the format of checklists, specimen pleadings as well as 14 precedents for use in drafting, making your day-to-day work quicker and easier

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrews, Geraldine

Millett, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Requirements; Formal Requirements; Construction; Vitiating Elements in the Contract; The Liability of the Surety; Enforcement of Contracts of Suretyship; Revocation of Contracts of Suretyship; Discharge of the Surety; Rights of the Surety Against the Principal; Rights of the Surety Against the Creditor; Rights of the Surety Against Co-Sureties; Insolvency; Bank Guarantees and Related Transactions; International Commerce; Performance Bonds; Consumer Credit Transactions; Landlord and Tenant.