Ready for what lies ahead

 “It is no overstatement to say that Mr Chow is the doyen of Singapore construction law and is perhaps the foremost authority on this topic.”

Produced by the who''s who of the arbitral fraternity

The general editorial team, comprising Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Mr Francis Xavier, SC, Mr Chong Yee Leong and Prof Lucy Reed, hail from Singapore - the third-most preferred venue for international arbitration in the world. 

The first competition annotation released in Singapore that encapsulates the changes made to the law up to April 2018.

Provides a clear and comprehensive understanding of the Federal Constitution. 

The definitive guide to the application of the UNCITRAL Model Law and Arbitration Rules.

• Includes previously unpublished Sabah and Sarawak cases which are applicable throughout Malaysia
• Contains unreported cases applying the law specific to Sabah and Sarawak
• Cases organised according to subject matter headings 
• Each case supported by concise and well-structured catchwords
• Succinct headnotes with holdings referenced to the relevant parts of the case
• Appeal Status provides useful update on the status of a case

• Includes previously unpublished Sabah and Sarawak cases which are applicable throughout Malaysia
• Contains unreported cases applying the law specific to Sabah and Sarawak
• Cases organised according to subject matter headings 
• Each case supported by concise and well-structured catchwords
• Succinct headnotes with holdings referenced to the relevant parts of the case
• Appeal Status provides useful update on the status of a case 

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• Authored and annotated by Knut Fournier, Chairman of the Hong Kong Competition Association.

Habeas Crocodylus is Justice Kemal Bokhary’s fourth cartoon law book. Like his previous books, this one covers topics of interest to lawyers and members of the general public. Topics as diverse as animal rights, democracy, the environment, language, rule of law and socio-economic rights, to the judicial protection of personal liberty by the writ of habeas corpus are addressed with the Judge’s characteristic wit and humour, but always to make points meant to be taken seriously. And like his previous books, it is important the topics covered in this book are made available to young readers.

“ [Mr Justice Bokhary] has written five books, with this his sixth, all for the same purpose — to explain the law and its principles with humour and wisdom to non-lawyers, especially young people, so they would come to know and love the law. I hope you will read his works and come to  know and love the man, and his Crocky. ”

– From the Foreword by Audrey Eu SC

Company Law in Hong Kong: Insolvency, 2019 provides the most recent precedents, case law, decisions, and amended legislation relating to all the surviving sections of the re-titled Companies (Winding-Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32). The text includes reviews and analyses of the fully enacted 2017 amendments designed to:

(i) increase and enhance protection for creditors;
(ii) streamline the winding-up process;
(iii) strengthen the regulations under the winding-up regime;
(iv) enhance the integrity of the winding-up process; and
(v) related consequential and minor technical
amendments to the law for easier understanding.

*Click HERE to read The Archbold HK 2019 post on HKU Legal Scholarship Blog*

The 2019 Service is the essential companion and reference publication for every criminal practitioner. It consists of a main work, two supplements, four e-newsletters and new quarterly e-alerts on the latest and most notable cases.

Chitty on Contracts is the pre-eminent reference work on contract law in the common law world. It has been used for generations by lawyers as the leading guide to contracts, and is relied on to provide insight and aid in complex areas of the law.

The work is in two volumes:

Volume One covers the General Principles of contract law, while Volume Two offers guidance on Specific Contracts, namely contractual issues in specific industry sectors. (Volume One of the work is available as a standalone for those who need coverage of the general principles of contract law only).

KEY FEATURES:

Provides coverage of all relevant legislation and a huge depth of case reference;

• Presents complete coverage of the law of contract, incorporating extensive reference to relevant legislation and recent case law
• Contains interpretation and analysis of general legislation since the last edition,
• Provides an in-depth examination of actions arising in contract law, including exclusion clauses, estoppel, illegality and public policy, mistake, misrepresentation and non-disclosure, breach of performance
• Covers the formation of contract as it effects the Agreement; Consideration, Form, Mistake; Misrepresentation and Duress and Undue Influence;
• Treats in detail the Capacity of parties
• Analyses and comments on the terms of the contract relating to Express and Implied Terms; Exemption Clauses; Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts; and Arbitration Clauses;
• Examines Illegality and Public Policy
• Under Joint obligations covers in detail the law of contract relating to Third Parties, Assignment;, Death and Bankruptcy
• Examines and analyses contract law in relation to performance and discharge, covering Discharge by Agreement; by Frustration; by Breach;
• Studies remedies for breach of contract, including damages and limitations
• Discusses Restitution in relation to contract law
• Analyses conflict of laws as if affects contract law
• Deals individually with contracts in the following areas of law: agency, arbitration, bailment, bills of exchange and banking, building contracts, carriage by air, carriage by land, construction, credit and security, employment, gaming and wagering, insurance, restrictive agreements and covenants, sale of goods and suretyship
• Offers interpretation and advice on the law when disputes arise, or when technical areas need clarification, and when responsibilities, obligations and entitlements need to be established
• Supplemented regularly
• Written by experts in contract law

Key new case law and legislation covered in Chitty 33

• Impact of Human Rights Act 1998: McDonald v McDonald (SC)
• Oral agreements for sale of land: Dowding v Matchmove Ltd (CA)           
• Fraud: Hayward v Zurich Insurance Co plc (SC)
• 'No reliance' clauses: First Tower Trustees Ltd v CDS (Superstores International) Ltd (CA)
• Interpretation: Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd (SC)
• Implied terms: Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Co (Jersey) Ltd (SC)
• 'No oral variations' clause; part payment of debt: MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd (SC)
• Acts of State: Mohammed v Ministry of Defence,  Benkharbouche v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Belhaj v Straw (SC)
• Illegality: Patel v Mirza (SC)
• Damages for third party's loss: Swynson Ltd v Lowick Rose LLP (SC)
• Assignment: - set-off: Bibby Factors Northwest Ltd v HFD Ltd (CA); - prohibitions on assignment: Business Contract Terms (Assignment of Receivables) Regulations 2018 (draft)
• Damages: SAAMCo: - Hughes-Holland v BPE Solicitors; - mitigation: Fulton Shipping Inc of Panama v Globalia Business Travel SAU (SC);  - 'negotiating damages':  Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd (SC)
• Liquidated damages: Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi and ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis (SC)
• Restitution: Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd v Menelaou (SC); Investment Trust Companies v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (SC); Lowick Rose LLP v Swynson Ltd; Angove’s Pty Ltd v Bailey (SC); Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (SC)
• Agency: - irrevocable authority: Bailey v Angove’s Pty Ltd (SC); commercial agents: ERGO Poist’ovna a.s. C-48/16 (CJEU)
• Banking: Payment Services Regulations 2017
• Consumer law: Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (draft); ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis (SC); Court of Justice cases on acting as a consumer; mixed purposes contracts; guarantees of loan by consumer to commercial company; traders as intermediaries for non-traders; when a court must raise EU consumer legislation on its own motion; commercial practices, including  misleading actions and misleading omissions; the exemption for the “main subject matter of the contract”; fairness under the 1993 Directive and choice of law clauses; collective actions and stays of proceedings.
• Credit and security: implementation of the Mortgage Credit Directive
• Employment: CJEU cases on 'rolled-up holiday pay' and on 'working time'
• Insurance: Insurance Act 2015, including new ss 13A and 16A (late payment of claims); - fraudulent claims:  Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG (SC); interpretation of exclusions: Impact Funding Solutions Ltd v Barrington Support Services Ltd  (SC)
• Gaming -  'cheating': Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd
• Sale of goods: - retention of title clause: PST Energy Shipping Ltd v OW Bunker Malta Ltd (SC) 

• Draws together in single volume key issues relating to the formation and variation of contracts, focusing on the rules for their existence and validity
• Brings together topics which are of fundamental importance to practitioners advising on the negotiation or validity of contracts, but on which there is no up-to-date specialist work
• Traces the continuing development of the rules, as a response to changes within the English law of contract and to learn from developments being made in other legal systems
• Highlights areas of contract law where there is likely to be significant argument about possible development in the coming years
• Provides a perspective on the rules for the formation of contracts from an international and comparative dimension
• Includes discussion throughout the book of difficult issues relating to contract formation as they arise in practice
• Part I is devoted to pre-contractual negotiations (including remedies where negotiations fail to reach agreement) and finding the agreement through offer and acceptance
• Part II is devoted to formalities, both in general and in contract in particular, including contracts for the sale of land, consumer contracts, contracts of guarantee and deeds
• Part III is devoted to the requirement of consideration (which gives contract its character as a ‘bargain’ in the common law), both in the formation of a contract, and in the variation of an existing contract
• Part IV is devoted to promissory estoppel, both its traditional role in the modification of a contract and its potential to develop in English law (noting how other common law jurisdictions such as the US and Australia have developed it) 

• Analysis of the highly significant Supreme Court case of Wood v Capita Insurance Services on construction
• Looks at the Supreme Court decision in Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Inc and all the latest developments following its ruling in Patel v Mirza
• Commentary on the ECJ case Van Hove v CNP Assurances SA concerning unfair terms
• Numerous Court of Appeal decisions including Spire Healthcare Ltd v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc on aggregation, Western Trading Limited v Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) Plc on reinstatement, and Maccaferri Ltd v Zurich Insurance Plc on notice of loss
• The chapter on warranties has been significantly revised to take account of statutory reforms, whilst retaining full account of the previous law where still relevant
• The aviation chapter has been updated with two new international conventions covering compulsory insurance: the General Risks Convention and the Unlawful Interference Compensation Convention
• Fully updated references throughout the book to acknowledge changes introduced by the Insurance Act 

A classic construction law text Keating on Construction Contracts is a first port of call for all research on the history and principles governing building contracts, their practical application and their interpretation by the courts. Renowned for its accessible style and reliable authority the title covers all relevant legislation and case law, EC law, and the FIDIC, NEC3, JCT Forms of Contracts and ICE Conditions of Contract.

Featuring:

• Offers solicitors, barristers and construction professionals detailed and authoritative commentary on all issues relating to construction contracts, from an examination of Employer's Approval and Architect's Certificates to a recently added chapter on Delay and Disruption
• Presents in depth practical help, delivered in a concise style, discussing legal principles, analysing judicial decisions, interrogating standard forms and interpreting legislation
• Discusses in detail the standard form agreements upon which Building and Construction activity turns including commentary on Infrastructure Conditions of Contract, NEC3, FIDIC and JCT contracts 
• Goes through the workflow of a construction contract, its formation and  composition
• Examines the contractor’s right to payment and the recovery of payment for varied work
• Deals with employer’s approval of the contracted work and the formal requirements of an architect’s certificate
• Goes through such issues as excuses for non-performance, negligence and economic loss, and delay and disruption claims
• Covers financial recovery and causation and liquidated damages and penalties
• Addresses various equitable doctrines and remedies
• Considers assignments, substituted contracts and sub-contracts
• Reproduces relevant statutes including the 1996 Act as amended by 2009 Act, and the Scheme for Construction Contracts for easy access and navigation
• Includes expanded coverage on procurement and the effect, and the Jackson reforms regarding proportionate costs and case management
• Provides up-to-date references to and guidance on key primary case law and decisions from the UK, Europe and overseas, for example, the Court of Appeal decision in P.C. Harrington v Systech; the Court of Appeal decision in Lanes Group plc v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd
• Ensures full coverage of Supreme Court cases which continue to define principles of contractual construction, for example, the Supreme Court decisions in Rainy Sky S.A. v Kookmin Bank; Berrisford (FC) v Mexfield Housing Co-Operative Ltd and Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group plc (Scotland); The Supreme Court decision in Benedetti v Swairis The TCC decision in Walter Lilly v DMW Developments
• Joint edited in three previous editions by Stephen Furst QC (Deputy Judge of the Technology and Construction Court and Recorder and member of Keating Chambers, acting for clients in the field of construction in all UK courts and forms of arbitration) and Sir Vivian Ramsey (former civil engineer and Head of Chambers, prior to joining the Bench, and serving in the Technology & Construction Court).
• Contributed to by a stellar supporting team of experts from Keating Chambers who have been voted Construction Set of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.