Marsden Law Book

The first edition of this book was the first textbook on Singapore contract law that was written for a local audience. Offering a comprehensive and structured discussion of all aspects of Singapore contract law, it quickly became one of the leading texts preferred by local practitioners and students. This second edition not only maintains this fine form but builds on it. The book continues to draw, wherever applicable, on salient decisions from other Commonwealth jurisdictions (particularly with regard to areas of Singapore contract law that are not well settled or which may benefit from comparative contract jurisprudence). In addition, the book contains references to relevant secondary literature as well as suggestions for reform, where applicable and necessary.

The second edition of this work takes into account many developments in the case law. These include those in respect of consideration, no oral modification clauses, contractual interpretation, implied terms, anticipatory breach, mistake, contractual illegality, the doctrine of unconscionability, and various aspects of the law relating to damages (including liquidated damages).

Given its comprehensive treatment of Singapore contract law as well as its reference to a wide range of comparative material, this book will be most useful not only to local practitioners and students but also to practitioners and students from other common law jurisdictions.

Authors: Deborah Fosbrook, Adrian C Laing
Publication Date: Dec 2021
ISBN: 9789369524303
Format: Hardback (Indian Reprint)
Country: UK

The new 3rd edition of Frustration and Force Majeure provides a thorough examination of the principles governing the conflict between the sanctity of contract and the discharge of contractual obligations in response to supervening events.

It guides practitioners through a list of supervening events that may be encountered in any commercial transaction, setting out the statutory principles involved, and discussing their interpretation by the courts in a number of common law jurisdictions.

• Discusses in detail the development of the doctrine of frustration within the law of contract
• Examines impossibility, impracticability, prospective frustration and illegality as grounds for discharge from contractual obligations
• Considers the special factors affecting land and leases
• Considers the effects of frustration, including automatic and total discharge, mitigation in respect of discharge, and problems created by one-sided or partial performance
• Discusses contractual provision for supervening events, including force majeure clauses
• Explores recent case law in detail, highlighting developments in judicial thinking

Contract: Cases and Materials, 13th Edition, continues to be the leading casebook for students of contract law in Australia. Significant new cases extracted in Contract: Cases and Materials, 13th Edition include:

• Sidhu v Van Dyke (2014) 251 CLR 505 (reliance and relief in equitable estoppel);
• Australian Financial Services and Leasing Pty Ltd v Hills Industries Ltd [2014] HCA 14 (the change of position defence in the law of restitution);
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker (2014) 253 CLR 169 (implied terms);
• Clark v Macourt (2013) 253 CLR 1 (damages and mitigation);
• Andrews v ANZ Banking Group Ltd (2012) 247 CLR 205 (the penalty doctrine);
• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v TPG Internet Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 640 (intended audience when assessing whether conduct is misleading);
• Forrest v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2012) 247 CLR 486 (statements of opinion);
• Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Ltd [2013] HCA 25 (unconscionable dealing); and
• Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton (2012) 246 CLR 498 (illegality and restitution).

The European Law Review covers the law relating to European integration and the Council of Europe. It caters for the needs of those involved in the practice and administration of the law and carries articles on all aspects of European law and commentaries on current developments in its field

The Law of Contract, now in its eleventh edition, is well established as the most thorough and perceptive treatment of contract law for students and as a source of reference for practitioners. The latest edition of Treitel explains and analyses the law of contract, and provides a detailed and clear examination of many areas of controversy and difficulty. The text has been extensively rewritten to take account of more than 350 new cases and of much new legislation. The most significant of the new developments include: * Discussion of a number of important decisions of the House of Lords such as Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge on undue influence, Equitable Life v Hyman on implied terms and Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank on unfair terms in consumer contracts * Among decisions of the lower courts, the most significant are The Great Peace which has led to a reconsideration of the text dealing with the effect of mistake in equity, and Baird Textile Holdings v Marks & Spencer plc which raises many issues of contractual intention, consideration and estoppel * Legislative changes include The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, The Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 and The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.