The Law of Contract

This guide has become the indispensible source of reference and argument for all students and practitioners of contract law. The latest edition: Follows the classic structure for the teaching of contract, going through formation; contents; vitiating factors; capacity and parties; performance; breach; termination; and remedies Examines, and offers resolutions to, controversial and problematic points of law Offers an improved layout with mini-contents list at the beginning of each chapter, paragraph numbering and clearer wording of headings and sub-headings Takes account of more than 300 new cases including The Achilleas (remoteness), Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd (interpretation), OFT v Abbey National Plc (unfair terms), Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd (implied terms), Cobbe v Yeoman's Row Management Ltd (proprietary estoppel), Collier v Wright (promissory estoppel), Covers all key legislative developments since the last edition published including those resulting from the Bribery Act 2010 and the bringing into force of provisions of the Companies Act 2006 Includes extensive use of case citations throughout the work Contains a detailed index, for fast access to each chapter's contents.