Chitty On Contracts: Hong Kong Specific Contracts (5th Edition) (1st Supplement only)

Author: Brian Gilchrist
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Hong Kong
ISBN: 9789626619520
Published In: December 2017
Format: Paperback + eBook
Jurisdiction: Hong Kong ? Disclaimer:
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The authoritative reference work for Hong Kong contract law, updated!

Providing the new updates to local contract law, enabling you to draft and interpret contracts with complete confidence.
• Changes to 80% of the chapters by the distinguished author team
• A new chapter on a hot topic: Cyber law

Authoritative new content to the fifth edition:
• Mediation content reviewed by Mr. Justice Lam, Vice President of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal.
• Undue Influence examines contracts entered into under tremendous inequality of bargaining power, and very often duress.
• Restitution & Unjust Enrichment detailing a new section on Remedies, the essential guidance for legal actions, guiding you to understand how to rectify a wrong right
• Sales of Land highlights substantially expanded. Recent cases on condition of property, requisitions, memorandums, courts’ emphasis on pragmatism and freedom of contract, and new sections on fixtures and Chinese customary law.

1 Agency: Agnes Chan (updated), original Gareth Thomas

2 Arbitration Agreement: Andrew Aglionby & Catherine Mun

3 Bailment: Dr Nathan Tamlyn (New to the 5th Edition)

4 Bills of Exchange: Kelry Loi

5 Carriage By Air: Dr Gary Heilbronn

6 Carriage by Sea: Bill Amos

7 Conflict of Laws: updated by Paul Harris, original Graeme Johnson (Updated in the supplement)

8 Construction Contracts: Harris Chan & Edmund Wan

9 Credit & Security: updated by Benjamin Lam and Swati Jhaveri: Original: Brian Gilchrist & Swati Jhaveri

10 Cyber Law: Ben Yates (New to the supplement)

11 Damages: Dr Nathan Tamblyn

12 Employment: Duncan Abate & Hong Tran