Commercial Agency Agreements: Law and Practice, 3rd Edition

"This book can be highly recommended to everyone who deals with agency agreements" German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce

• Highly practical specialist information
• Full coverage of the legal issues that relate to competition law and EU law in the agency

Commercial Agency Agreements: Law and Practice 3rd edition is a comprehensive guide to the laws of commercial agency agreements and commercial agents' damages claims. Highly practical, the specialist information and reference material is simple to access and straight-forwardly presented. This new edition clearly demonstrates how commercial agents can successfully bring a claim for compensation; ensures commercial agency agreements comply with all necessary regulations; highlights the protection commercial agents now receive and covers the legal issues that relate to competition law and EU law in the agency.

Reviews:

This book provides a guide to the law of commercial agency agreements and the commercial agent`s claim to compensation. It contains the regulation applicable to agency agreements, new case law and several sample agency agreements. Thus it ensures that your agreement complies with the law.

In particular the following issues are covered. How can agents successfully enforce compensation? How to evaluate and negotiate compensation? This book provides information about the protection commercial agents receive and principals get to know what to include in an agency contract to minimize potential claims. You will find information about commission payments and notice periods on termination and a comparison of compensation and indemnity payments on termination. Beyond that foreign agency agreements and the related issue of competition law are also included in this guide.

The book can be highly recommended to everyone who deals with agency agreements.

German British Chamber of Industry & Commerce, October 2010