Carter's Breach of Contract, 2nd Edition

Carter’s Breach of Contract is an authoritative and comprehensive coverage of breach of contact and its consequences

Carter’s Breach of Contract provides comprehensive guidance on the proof and consequences of breach, through detailed discussion and analysis of primary sources from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and other common law jurisdictions. It is the leading text in the Commonwealth on the law of breach of contract, being regularly cited by the courts. The second edition is extensively revised and updated, including discussion of the impact of the following recent decisions:

• ENE Kos 1 Ltd v Petroleo Brasileiro SA (The Kos) (No 2) [2012] (indemnity clauses) 
• Geys v Société Générale London Branch [2013] (repudiation of employment contracts), 
• Bunge SA v Nidera BV (formerly Nidera Handelscompagnie BV) [2015] (damages following termination for repudiation), 
• Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] (application of the Bolam test) 
• Spar Shipping AS v Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co Ltd (The Spar Capella)[2016] (contrast between express termination rights and common law rights to terminate).
• Urban 1 (Blonk Street) Ltd v Ayres [2014] (analysis of notices to complete)
• Paciocco v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (2016) and Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi [2016] (doctrine of penalties)
• Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) (standard of duty applicable under a reasonable endeavours obligation).

Statutory developments taken into account include the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (UK), the Insurance Act 2015 (UK) and the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (NZ).

Comments on First Edition:

‘This is a substantial and well-organised work. The complex Anglo-Australian rules and doctrines on this topic are presented in a scientific, accessible, detailed, and comprehensive manner.’

(Neil Andrews, book review [2013] CLJ 214)

‘… the work which everyone turns to whenever an issue relating to breach of contract arises’

(Andrew Phang and Goh Yihan (2017) 34 JCL 100 at 117)

‘… seminal treatise on breach of contract … the leading work on this important area of the law of contract in the Commonwealth’

(The ‘STX Mumbai’ [2016]).

Features

• Authoritative discussion 
• Comprehensive guidance
• Extensive bibliography 
• Detailed index