Banking / Finance

Byles on Bills of Exchange and Cheques, 28th Edition

Edited by Nicholas Elliott, QC · John Odgers · Jonathan Mark Phillips
Sweet & Maxwell U.K. August 2007

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780421952805
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication
August 2007
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

An invaluable guide to the law relating to payment instruments and their use, written by experts who specialise in banking and finance, Byles on Bills of Exchange and Cheques:

  • Provides comprehensive coverage of the law relating to bills of exchange, cheques and other negotiable instruments
  • Gives authoritative guidance on the procedure and practice relating to actions negotiable instruments
  • Covers the law in detail
  • Analyses logically the key instruments, considering the attributes of each
  • Supplies you with advice on procedures including form of action, parties and summary judgment, pleading and evidence, damages, interest and costs, and limitation
  • Provides expert commentary on the Consumer Credit Act 2006, explaining clearing how the Act applies to cheques
  • Includes new material on the Cheques Act 1992, money laundering and travellers’ cheques

Table of Contents

  • Nature, purpose and definition
  • Forms of bills and notes
  • Payee and drawee
  • Inchoate instruments
  • Inland and foreign bills and notes, bills in a set and copies
  • Capacity
  • Liability on a bill
  • Transfer and negotiation
  • Modes and requisites of transfer
  • Acceptance
  • Duties of holder as to acceptance
  • Presentment for payment
  • Discharge - I
  • Discharge - II
  • Dishonour - notice
  • Dishonour - noting and protest
  • Liabilities of parties
  • Rights of parties
  • Consideration
  • Alteration and forgery
  • The cheque - I
  • The cheque - II: the paying bank's liabilities
  • The cheque - III: the collecting bank
  • The promissory note
  • Conflict of laws
  • Procedure - I: form of action, parties and summary judgment
  • Procedure - II: pleading and evidence
  • Damages, interest and costs
  • Limitation of actions
  • Lost bills and notes
  • Bill or note as payment
  • Payment made under a mistake
  • The law of principal and surety in its application to bills and notes
  • Insolvency of parties
Appendices
  • Bills of Exchange Act 1882
  • Bills of Exchange (Time of Noting) Act 1917
  • Cheques Act 1957
  • Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971

Reviews

"Byles on Bills of Exchange...will continue to occupy its unique niche in the textbook field as is shown by the extent to which it is cited both before and by the courts." - Lloyd's List

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