Commercial Agency Agreements: Law and Practice

5. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5265-1187-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 472 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 898 g

Examines the standard commercial agency agreement where an agent is self-employed and paid a commission on sales he or she generates for the principal as it is those agents that fall within the Regulations. It addresses the drafting of such agreements as well as termination and compensation and includes examples of agency contracts and coverage of the majority of UK judgments.

The fifth edition has been updated to include:

Ramsay v Typhoo Tea 2016

Software Incubator 2016 and application of the agency regulations to agency contracts

Monk v Largo 2016 Invicta v International Brands 2013
Medsted Associates Ltd v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd (2119 Court of Appeal) relating to secret commissions and fiduciary duties of agents.

W Nagel (a Firm) v Pluczenik Diamond Company NV 2018 Court of Appeal - about "commodity exchanges" and the agency regulations

Agro Foreign Trade & Agency Ltd v Petersime NV (2017 CJEU) Choice of law issues - Belgium and Turkey.

One Money Mail Ltd. v (1) Ria Financial Services (2) Sebastian Wasilewski (Court of Appeal) - 2015 post termination restrictions on agents

Brand Studio Ltd. v St. John Knits, Inc 2015 ( indemnity and compensation clauses)

Bailey v Angove's Pty Limited [2016] Authority of agents to recover debts (Supreme Court decision)

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singleton, Susan

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction and definitions

Chapter 2 Duties of the agent and principal - choosing and using an agent

Chapter 3 Competition law and agency agreements

Chapter 4 Commission and other payments

Chapter 5 Monitoring and terminating an agency agreement

Chapter 6 Compensation, indemnities and litigation

Chapter 7 Valuations of Commercial Agents

Chapter 8 Foreign agency arrangements

Appendix 1 UK commercial agency laws and materials

Appendix 2 European Community materials

Appendix 3 Transcript of judgments

Appendix 4 Sample agency agreements

Über Autor(innen)

Singleton, Susan
Susan Singleton is a solicitor with her own London commercial firm of solicitors, Singletons (www.singlelaw.com) which advises a large range of UK and international clients on business law with particular emphasis on commercial, IT/IP, corporate, data protection, competition law and contracts including some litigation. Author of 33 law books and contributor to 52 more, she writes regularly on legal matters for a variety of publications. She has given about 1700 legal courses/lectures since 1990 in 16 countries i.e. in the UK, Austria, Belgium, Dubai, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Nigeria, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Turkey. She publishes nine subscription legal newsletters acquired from Informa including - IT Law Today, Corporate Briefing, Pensions Today and Finance and Credit Law. She practised first at London law firms Slaughter and May and Bristows before founding her own firm in 1994. She sat on the Direct Marketing Authority for 5 years and was Vice Chairman of the Competition Law Association. In 2020 she was one of the Society of Computers and Law Female Tech Law Heroes. A mother of five (her daughters both qualified as solicitors in 2011/12, her oldest son avoided the law and her twin sons are due to qualify as solicitors in 2024) in her spare time she plays the piano, sings and tends her garden. She has three grandchildren. She is past Chairman of Pinner Hill Residents Association and until recently enjoyed her own island in Panama. She can be followed on twitter at singlelaw.

Susan Singleton, Solicitor, runs Singletons (singlelaw.com), one of the best known specialist leading commercial, competition and IP/IT solicitors firms in the UK. Singletons advises a wide range of clients on the agency regulations and has litigated many cases in this area. Susan speaks at about 20 conferences a year in the UK and abroad and has written over 30 law books. Her publishing arm, Singlelaw, publishes ten subscription legal newsletters, including IT Law Today, International Trade Finance, Pensions Today, Corporate Briefing and Finance & Credit Law. She is Vice Chairman of the Competition Law Association.