Bowstead and Reynolds on Agency 23rd Edition, Mainwork + Supplement

Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency is the essential reference source for commercial practitioners. Part of the long-established Common Law Library, this new edition updates all relevant aspects of law and how they relate to agency agreements, including contract law, administrative law, tort, commercial/company law, the law of property and the conflict of laws.

The 23rd edition has been fully updated to take account of all developments in agency, including new text on:

• implied limits to actual authority and onus of proof of authority;
• sub-agency, and agent’s rights to indemnity;
• vicarious liability;
• and undisclosed principals.

The text has been updated with all key cases, including:

• Wood v Commercial First Business Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 471 on bribes and secret commissions
• Law Debenture Trust Corp Plc v Ukraine [2023] UKSC 11 on capacity, actual and apparent authority
• Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc [2023] UKSC 25 on actual and apparent authority
• Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3 on scope of quantum meruit for services by agent
• Barclay-Watt v Alpha Panareti Public Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1169 on agent’s liability for misrepresentation and joint tortfeasance
• And new cases from Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand

Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency is the essential reference source for commercial practitioners. Part of the long-established Common Law Library, this new edition updates all relevant aspects of law and how they relate to agency agreements, including contract law, administrative law, tort, commercial/company law, the law of property and the conflict of laws.

The 23rd edition has been fully updated to take account of all developments in agency, including new text on:

• implied limits to actual authority and onus of proof of authority;
• sub-agency, and agent’s rights to indemnity;
• vicarious liability;
• and undisclosed principals.

The text has been updated with all key cases, including:

• Wood v Commercial First Business Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 471 on bribes and secret commissions
• Law Debenture Trust Corp Plc v Ukraine [2023] UKSC 11 on capacity, actual and apparent authority
• Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc [2023] UKSC 25 on actual and apparent authority
• Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3 on scope of quantum meruit for services by agent
• Barclay-Watt v Alpha Panareti Public Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ...
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