Privity of Contract offers a unique perspective of how the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 works in practice. Issues covered include: the operation of the doctrine of privity prior to its repeal; the scope and impact of the 1999 Act; and the operation of the 1999 Act in the most important commercial contexts to which it is applicable. It also incorporates discussion and the text of the Law Commission reports, whose proposals produced the bill that ultimately passed into law. Read less
Contents:
– Historical Introduction to the Law of Privity
– The Enforcement of Promises Made for the Benefit of a Third Party
– Third Party Immunity Granted Under Contract
– The Burden of Contracts and the Doctrine of Privity
– The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 Shipping Contracts
– Professional Negligence
– The Construction Industry
– Insurance and Reinsurance
– Historical Introduction to the Law of Privity
– The Enforcement of Promises Made for the Benefit of a Third Party
– Third Party Immunity Granted Under Contract
– The Burden of Contracts and the Doctrine of Privity
– The Contracts (Rights of Third parties) Act 1999
– Shipping Contracts
– Professional Negligence
– The Construction Industry
– Insurance and Reinsurance
