Bowstead & Reynolds On Agency, 23rd Edition

Author: Peter G Watts; F.M.B. Reynolds
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414117457
Published In: December 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Commonwealth, European Union, U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency is the essential reference source for commercial practitioners. Part of the long-established Common Law Library, this new edition updates all relevant aspects of law and how they relate to agency agreements, including contract law, administrative law, tort, commercial/company law, the law of property and the conflict of laws.

The 23rd edition has been fully updated to take account of all developments in agency, including new text on:
- implied limits to actual authority and onus of proof of authority;
- sub-agency, and agent’s rights to indemnity;
- vicarious liability;
- and undisclosed principals.
The text has been updated with all key cases, including:
- Wood v Commercial First Business Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 471 on bribes and secret commissions
- Law Debenture Trust Corp Plc v Ukraine [2023] UKSC 11 on capacity, actual and apparent authority
- Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc [2023] UKSC 25 on actual and apparent authority
- Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3 on scope of quantum meruit for services by agent
- Barclay-Watt v Alpha Panareti Public Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1169 on agent’s liability for misrepresentation and joint tortfeasance
- And new cases from Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand
- Nature of the subject;
- Creation of agency;
- Authority of agents;
- Agency of necessity;
- Sub-agency;
- Duties of agents towards their principals;
- Rights of agents against their principals;
- Relations between principals and third parties;
- Relations between agents and third parties;
- Termination of authority;
- Commercial agents;
- A note on the conflict of laws;
- Appendix 1 – Commercial Agents Regulations, 1993.