Chitty on Contracts

31. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-414-03283-5
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch

When it comes to contract law Chitty on Contracts is the best foundation on which to base any case.
• Provides you with the depth of insight you require, so you can confidently cite it in court
• Encompasses every part of contract law
• Presents complete coverage of the law of contract, incorporating extensive reference to relevant legislation and recent case law
• Is your most trustworthy reference when drafting, negotiating and disputing contracts
• Analyses recent cases and legislation
• Volume 1 contains interpretation and analysis of the general principles which apply to all contracts
• Volume 2 concentrates in-depth on contracts in specialist areas, with expert guidance on contracts from agency and bailment to sale of goods and suretyship
• Offers interpretation and advice on the law when disputes arise, or when technical areas need clarification, and when responsibilities, obligations and entitlements need to be established
• Regularly supplemented so you have the latest information to hand
• Written by leading experts in contract law
• What's new within the 31st Edition
Visit www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/chitty for a full list of updates on the new edition.
Agreement: RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH & Co KG (UK Production) (SC) (work carried out before all points resolved and despite “subject to contract” clause)
Consideration: Thorner v Major (HL) and Henry v Henry (PC) (proprietary estoppel)
Form: Herbert v Doyle (use of proprietary estoppel to overcome lack of written contract)
Mistake: Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd (HL) and Daventry District Council v Daventry and District Housing Ltd (rectification)
Misrepresentation: Springwell Navigation Corp v J P Morgan Chase Bank (“no reliance” clause)
Duress and undue influence: Borrelli v Ting (PC) (illegitimate pressure)
Express Terms: Rainy Sky S.A. v Kookmin Bank (SC) and Re Sigma Finance Corp (SC) (interpretation);
Implied terms: Att Gen of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd (PC)
Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts: Abbey National plc v The Office of Fair Trading (SC)
Illegality and Public Policy: Sibthorpe v Southwark LBC, Simpson v Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust and Westlaw Services Ltd v Boddy (champerty); Gray v Thames Trains Ltd (HL) (ex turpi causa)
Discharge by Agreement: Stocznia Gdynia SA v Gearbulk Holdings Ltd (express right of termination)
Damages: Regus (UK) Ltd v Epcot Solutions Ltdand Giedo van der Garde BV v Force India Formula One Team Ltd (services contract); Pell Frischmann Engineering Ltd v Bow Valley Iran Ltd (PC) and Vercoe v Rutland Fund Management Ltd (share of defendant’s profit)
Specific Performance and Injunction: Araci v Fallon (injunction); Benedetti v Sawiris (quantum meruit)
Conflict of Laws: Koelzsch v État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Voogsgeerd v Navimer SA (ECJ) and Duncombe v Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families (SC) (employment contracts)
Agency: Wood Floor Solutions Andreas Domberger GmbH v Silvo Trade SA (ECJ) (commercial agents)
Arbitration: Allianz SpA v West Tankers Inc (ECJ) and National Navigation Co v Endesa Generacion SA (The Wadi Sudr (stay of legal proceedings); Dallah Real Estate & Tourism Co v Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Government of Pakistan (SC) (jurisdiction)
Bailment: Yearworth v North Bristol NHS Trust
Bills of Exchange and Banking: Payment Services Regulations
Construction Contracts: Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
Credit and Security: Consumer Credit Directive
Employment: Equality Act 2010; Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher (SC); Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions)
Insurance: Argo Systems FZE v Liberty Insurance Pte Ltd and Seashell of Lisson Grove Ltd v Aviva Insurance Ltd (waiver); Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010; Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act
Suretyship: North Shore Ventures Ltd. v Anstead Holdings Inc (duty of disclosure); Berghoff Trading Ltd v Swinbrook Developments Ltd and In re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd. (in administration) (No. 2) (SC) (guarantor’s indemnity)
CHITTY ON CONTRACTS
31st Edition; 1st Supplement
Since the 31st edition was published, there have been legislative and case law developments affecting many chapters. This Supplement contains coverage of:
Legislation:
• Brussels Regulation bis (2012) - on the ‘arbitration exception’
• Financial Services Act 2012 - effects on banking, credit and insurance contracts
• Late Payment of Commercial Debts (No.2) Regulations
Cases:
• Yam Seng Pte. Ltd. v International Trade Corporation Ltd – implied duty of good faith
• Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust v Compass Group UK and Ireland Ltd (CA) – express term requiring good faith
• Prime Sight Ltd. v Lavarello (Official Trustee) (PC) – estoppel by deed
• VTB Capital plc v Nutritek International Corp (SC) and Attrill v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd (CA) – the objective test
• Shaker v VistaJet Group Holding SA - letter of intent
• Keay v Morris Homes (West Midlands) Ltd – effect of formal requirements
• Shebelle Enterprises Ltd v The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Ltd – Crown contracts
• Charles Terence Estates Ltd v Cornwall Council – proper exercise of powers
• Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group - interpretation
• Aziz v Caixa d’Estalvis de Catalunya, Brusse v Jahani BV and RWE Vertrieb AG (CJEU) – unfair terms
• Geys v Société Générale (SC) – effect of wrongful dismissal on contract
• Grange v Quinn (CA) – damages to recover premium paid
• Isabella Shipowner SA v Shagang Shipping Co Ltd (The Acquafaith) – recovery of hire under time charter
• Benedetti v Sawiris (SC), Menelaou v Bank of Cyprus plc (CA) and Pitt v Holt (SC) – restitution
• Wuhan Guoyu Logistics Group Co v Emporiki Bank of Greece SA (CA) – on demand gurarantees
• Anderson v London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (CA) – collective agreements and individuals’ contracts
• Aviva Insurance Ltd. v Hackney Empire Ltd (CA) – discharge of surety
Provides coverage of all relevant legislation and a huge depth of case reference:
• Presents complete coverage of the law of contract, incorporating extensive reference to relevant legislation and recent case law
• Contains interpretation and analysis of general legislation since the last edition
• Provides an in-depth examination of actions arising in contract law, including exclusion clauses, estoppel, illegality and public policy, mistake, misrepresentation and non-disclosure, breach of performance
• Deals individually with contracts in the following areas of law: agency, arbi

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beale, Hugh

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

VOLUME
1. Introductory
PART ONE - FORMATION OF CONTRACT
2. The Agreement
3. Consideration
4. Form
5. Mistake
6. Misrepresentation
7. Duress and Undue Influence
PART TWO - CAPACITY OF PARTIES
8. Personal Incapacity
9. Corporation and Unincorporated Associations
10. The Crown, Public Authorities and the European Community
11. Political and Professional Immunity and Incapacity
PART THREE - THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT
12. Express Terms
13. Implied Terms
14. Exemption Clauses
15. Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
PART FOUR - ILLEGALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY
16. Illegality and Public Policy
PART FIVE - JOINT OBLIGATIONS, THIRD PARTIES AND ASSIGNMENT
17. Joint Obligations
18. Third Parties
19. Assignment
20. Death and Bankruptcy
PART SIX - PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE
21. Performance
22. Discharge by Agreement
23. Discharge by Frustration
24. Discharge by Breach
25. Other modes of discharge
PART SEVEN - REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
26. Damages
27. Specific Performance and Injunction
28. Limitation of Actions
PART EIGHT - RESTITUTION
29. Restitution
PART NINE - CONFLICT OF LAWS
30. Conflict of Laws
VOLUME
31. Agency
32. Arbitration
33. Bailment
34. Bills of Exchange and Banking
35. Carriage by Air
36. Carriage by Land
37. Construction Contracts
38. Credit and Security
39. Employment
40. Gaming and Wagering
41. Insurance
42. Restrictive Agreements and Competition
43. Sale of Goods
44. Suretyship

Über Autor(innen)

Hugh Beale QC (Hon)
Hon Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn, Professor of Law, University of Warwick
Andrew Burrows QC (Hon)
Hon Bencher of Middle Temple, Fellow of All Souls and Professor of English Law at Oxford University
Mark Freedland
Bencher of Gray’s Inn, Professor of Employment Law at the University of Oxford, Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford
Anthony Guest CBE, QC
Bencher of Gray’s Inn, Formerly Professor of English Law at Kings College, London
Richard Hooley
Barrister of Middle Temple, Professor of Law at Kings College, Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
David McClean CBE, QC (Hon)
Bencher of Gray’s Inn, Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Sheffield
Peter MacDonald Eggers QC
Middle Temple; Visiting Lecturer, University College London , Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Ewan McKendrick
Bencher of Gray’s Inn, Registrar and Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford
Paul Mitchell
Professor of Laws, University College London
Vince Moran QC
Gray’s Inn
CGJ Morse
Barrister of Middle Temple; Professor of Law, Kings College, London
Dan Prentice
Barrister, Lincoln’s Inn; Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College and Former Allen and Overy Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Oxford
Francis Reynolds
Hon Bencher of Inner Temple, Emeritus Fellow of Worcester College and Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Oxford
Sir Guenter Treitel QC
Hon Bencher of Gray’s Inn, Formerly Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford
John Uff CBE QC
Bencher of Gray’s Inn, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Law, King’s College, London
Graham Virgo
Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, Professor of English law and and Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge
Richard Whish
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature; Professor of Law at the University of London
Simon Whittaker
Barrister; Fellow of St John’s College and Professor of European Private Law at the University of Oxford