McKendrick provides an excellent, readable guide to contract law for those embarking on a first degree or conversion course in law. The book contains all the key information as well as more complex issues to serve as a valuable course companion, but equally to aid revision in preparation for exams.
This edition includes the following key updates in case law:
Proprietary Estoppel: Yeoman's Row Management Ltd v Cobbe [2008] UKHL 55
Frustration: Edwinton Commercial Corporation, Global Tradeways Limited v Tsavliris Russ (Worldwide Salvage &
Towage) Ltd (The 'Sea Angel') [2007] EWCA Civ 547, CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA [2008] EWCA Civ
856
Remoteness Of Damage: Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc [2008] UKHL 48; [2008] 3 WLR 345
Date Of Assessment Of Contractual Damages: Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha [2007] UKHL 12;[2007] 2 WLR 691
Damages And Account Of Profits: WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature v. World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. [2007] EWCA 286
'McKendrick's text offers students an unparalleled combination of accessibility and comprehensiveness.' - Lee Roach, Times Higher Education Supplement (review of previous edition)
Introduction
PART I: THE FORMATION AND SCOPE OF A CONTRACT
Agreement: Clearing the Ground
Offer and Acceptance
Certainty and Agreement Mistakes
Consideration and Form
Intention to Create Legal Relations
Third Party Rights
PART II: THE CONTENT OF A CONTRACT
What is a Term?
The Source of Contractual Terms
The Classification of Contractual Terms
Exclusion Clauses
PART III: POLICING THE CONTRACT
A Duty to Disclose Material Facts?
Misrepresentation
Common Mistake and Frustration
Illegality
Capacity
Duress, Undue Influence and Inequality of Bargaining Power
PART IV: PERFORMANCE, DISCHARGE AND REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
Performance and Discharge of the Contract
Breach of Contract
Damages for Breach of Contract
Obtaining an Adequate Remedy
EWAN MCKENDRICK is Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford, UK, where he is also a Pro-Vice-Chancellor and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is the author of a number of key works on contract law and commercial law, and is an editor of Chitty on Contracts. He is also a barrister in practice with a leading set of commercial chambers in London.