Koffman & Macdonald's Law of Contract, 10th Edition

Koffman, Macdonald, and Atkins' Law of Contract provides a clear and comprehensive account of the principles of contract law, breaking down difficult concepts whilst maintaining academic rigour. Case summaries, extracts and analyses help student to learn and understand the key cases that have shaped this area of law, and support the development of important case-reading skills.

• The clear and non-technical explanation of contract law enables students to comprehend and thoroughly engage with the law
• Succinct case summaries and analyses help students to understand the law in context
• Chapter summaries encourages students to regularly check their understanding
• Reading lists in each chapter aid further research
• Coverage has been carefully reviewed to match undergraduate contract law courses
• Topics covered align with those examined for Contract Law in the SQE
• Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this Edition:

• The tenth edition has been fully revised and updated, including the Supreme Court cases of: Wells v Devani [2019] on interpretation and implied terms; Pakistan International Airlines Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Limited [2021] on lawful act economic duress; Morris-Garner v One-Step (Support) Ltd [2019] and Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd [2021] on the law of damages; and Tillman v Egon Zehnder [2019] on illegality and severance, re-affirmed in the Court of Appeal ruling in Quantum Actuarial LLP v Quantum Advisory Ltd [2021]
• Further important Court of Appeal decisions include: TRW v Panasonic [2021] on 'battle of the forms'; Ark Shipping v Silverburn Shipping [2019] on classification of terms; FSHC Holdings v GLAS Trust [2019] on the equitable remedy of rectification, considered within the chapter on the doctrine of mistake; and Classic Maritime Inc v Limbungan Makmur [2019] on the interpretation of force majeure clauses and the scope of the doctrine of frustration, issues which rapidly elevated in significance leading up to Brexit and upon the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic