Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency 2nd Supplement

First published in 1896, Bowstead and Reynolds on Agency is the most authoritative text in ist field, and provides definitive coverage for practitioners. Over the past 100 years, it has established itself as an unrivalled and highly respected guide to this complicated area of commercial law. Bringing you fully up to date with all of the significant case law and statutory developments in England and Wales since publication of the 18th edition, this new first supplement:

* Addresses the effect that the Companies Act 2006 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 will have on agency law, enabling you to apply the new legislation successfully
* Considers a number of relevant Commonwealth cases which serve as useful illustrations on points of agency law for which there is little or no English case law
* Includes fresh material to update chapters throughout the 18th Edition
* Reviews a large number of significant English cases dealing with various points of agency law, including
* General Legal Council, ex parte Whitter v Frankson [2006] (on affidavits by agents)
* Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd v Bryant [2007] (on agents competing with former employers)
* HIH Casualty & General Insurance Ltd v JLT Risk Solutions Ltd [2007] and Newcastle United Plc v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2007] (on conflicts of interest)
* Real Estate Opportunities Ltd v Aberdeen Asset Managers Jersey Ltd [2007] (on notification)
* Ing Re (UK) Ltd v R&V Versicherung AG [2006] (on ratification)
* Dashwood v Fleurets Ltd [2007] and Aboulsaud v Aboukhater [2007] (on remuneration)
* Talbot Underwriting Ltd v Nausch, Hogan & Murray Inc. (The Jascon 5) [2006] (on the undisclosed principal doctrine)