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Chitty on Contracts, 31st Edition, Volume 1 (General Principles)

Chitty on Contracts, 31st Edition, Volume 1 (General Principles)

Author: Professor Hugh Beale
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414047990
Published In: October 2012
Format: Hardback , 1785 pages
Jurisdiction: Commonwealth, U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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CHITTY ON CONTRACTS
31st Edition
General Editor: Hugh Beale

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

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 2009

Construction Contracts: Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

Credit and Security: Consumer Credit Directive 2008

Employment: Equality Act 2010; Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher (SC); Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) 2011

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 2012

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)

VOLUME I
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 II

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

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